Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In weaving, a person whose business it is to put warps on the beam.
- n. Same as beaming-machine.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- beam + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It was as if the beamer were a vacuum, suck-ing up ever more delirious dancers from the depths below.”
“The beamer will be a permanent loan to the c-base, located in their workshop room - therefore used for hundreds of lectures and workshops around free software.”
“Did the presentation I had to do on Wed ( "Overview of Localization for Wireless Sensor Networks"), which went pretty well - despite the laptop not talking to the beamer (ack, using Dutch term for projector - despite the fact that the Dutch word for projector is something similar, they use the term "beamer" when they're talking in English ... very confusing).”
“It may have carried some kind of beamer that activated your automatic pilot," said Mr. Swift.”
“· the blocks of a "beamer" document are now included in the "structure view".”
“There are two large rooms that can be used for social gatherings equipped with a TV and a beamer and screen, plus a dining room and a well-furnished kitchen next to the swimming pool.”
“Place an interactive whiteboard in the classroom (or a beamer and a screen) and presto the students can easily share their work and what is relevant to them.”
“The masses have all sold out for a four bed detached house and a beamer on the drive, everybody ` s too frightened to say or do anything, for fear of losing the aforementioned lifestyle, and ending up on a sink estate, (thats whats Jeremy Kyle and Trish are there for, Your worst nightmare!)”
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“As entertaining as it is educational, Daddy grabs you from the get-go with its description of Adam Tyler, a charismatic architect, who zooms into our lives in his tomato-red beamer, fresh from three months in the Amazon where he built both a hospital for the poor and his smooth caramel chest.”
“This video by the same user suggests that it's a projector beamer:”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘beamer’.
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EN - pseudo-English words
English words used by foreigners in a different sense than they would be used by native speakers + madeupical "English" words that sound English but are not recognized as such by native speakers of...
abseiling, advertising, agroboy, airco, air-condition, relooker, apart, autogrill, autostop, babykiller, baby-foot, babylift and 263 more...
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cricket
everything cricket
batswomen, batswoman, batsmen, batsman, backlift, bail, beamer, blockhole, bodyline, bosie, bouncer, boundary and 471 more...
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i don't like cricket, i love it
Words without which cricket could not be.
keeper, stumper, bad light stopped..., wicket keeper, rain stopped play, sight screen, bodyline, leg bye, duck, duckworth-lewis, t20, one-day game and 245 more...
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Sportie: Cricket
Wordieworthy jargon from the impenetrable world of cricket.
wicket, on, off, pitch, howzat, stumps, bail, willow, inswinger, outswinger, seamer, duck and 132 more...
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Unglish
English words or roots that take on a new life elsewhere
footing, making off, entry from backsi..., mister, water, full optional, prepone, chalkdown, upful, history-sheeter, frothy, no noising and 17 more...
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Vocabulary 3
desperate, trial, swerve, flower-pot, bracelet, pendant, drawer, plug, socket, cast, fluorescent tube, case and 55 more...
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Denglish words
Fake English words that have made it into the German language.
Tweets
Looking for tweets for beamer.
planspark German for projector. Oct 16, 2009
bilby Cricket jargon - A ball bowled directly at the batsman's head without bouncing. The effect is similar to a baseball pitch at a batter's helmet. Nov 29, 2007