Meaning

5 senses

  1. Something that makes a beeping sound.

    A simple computer speaker.

  2. A pager (wireless telecommunication device).

  3. (endearing)A robot.

  4. (endearing, informal, slang)A protogen.

  5. (informal)A broadcast interview taking place over the telephone (originally having to include a beeping sound to indicate that it was not a live broadcast).

More definitions
  • an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Is this beeper yours?

    ruЭто ваш пейджер? — Hellerick

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  2. Tom has a beeper.

    Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Tom's beeper exploded.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

From beep + -er.

From beep + -er.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: beepers
Singularbeeper
Pluralbeepers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged:pager

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbeep
Derivedbackup beeper

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beelinebeemerbeepbeerA2beeswax

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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