joy buzzer

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noun

a device used for a practical joke with a handshake, concealed in the palm of the hand and producing a buzzing sound and an unpleasant vibrating sensation when it is pressed against the victim's hand.

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Words nearby joy buzzer

Jowett, jowl, jowly, joy, joyance, joy buzzer, Joyce, Joycean, Joyce, James, joyful, joyless

How to use joy buzzer in a sentence

It jettisons jiggling ribbons of joy to every part of my body.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Marrying another Jew was not just a personal simcha (joy), but one for the community.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There was real joy on his face doling out the cigars and giving some to his wife to pass out from the box.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Joy Woodhouse calls in to tell her bickering boys Brad and Dallas to “get this out of your system” before Christmas.
Mom Scolds Pundit Sons on C-SPAN|Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It takes Sharp four hours to get into character: “I take joy in the mathematical, symmetrical precision and perfectness of Bach.”
The Brit Who Stormed Broadway|Tim Teeman|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her new joy and excitement, her gaiety and zest for life— all had been caused, not by himself, but by another.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
In Manila particularly, amidst the pealing of bells and strains of music, unfeigned enthusiasm and joy were everywhere evident.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Light, the symbol of life's joy, seems to be the first language in which the spirit of beauty speaks to a child.
Children's Ways|James Sully
His holy book says: There is more joy over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and nine just men.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Then she won, and went half mad with the joy and excitement, but the joy didn't last long.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson