Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that beeps.
  • noun A pager that beeps or vibrates to alert the person carrying it that someone is trying to make contact by telephone.

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  • noun Something that makes a beeping sound, especially a simple computer speaker.
  • noun A pager.

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

Etymologies

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beep +‎ -er

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Examples

  • I called the beeper number and left the number of the pay phone.

    Pop Goes The Weasel Patterson, James, 1947- 1999

  • I called the beeper number and left the number of the pay phone.

    Pop Goes the Weasel Patterson, James, 1947- 1999

  • There was never another beeper from the area, and no sign of survivors from either crash site.

    Sanders, Williams S. 1991

  • Forty minutes later there was a weak beeper from the vicinity of the crash site but it was believed to be a result of fire at the crash site and was not pilot activated.

    Carlock, Ralph L. 1967

  • The Supreme Court in 1983 held that the use without a warrant of a "beeper" - like transponder to track five gallons of chemicals carried by a suspect in his car from Minneapolis to a drug lab at a lakeside cabin in Wisconsin was permissible.

    Appeals court limits use of GPS to track suspects 2010

  • The Supreme Court in 1983 held that the use without a warrant of a "beeper" - like transponder to track five gallons of chemicals carried by a suspect in his car from Minneapolis to a drug lab at a lakeside cabin in Wisconsin was permissible.

    Appeals court limits use of GPS to track suspects 2010

  • Often called a beeper for the annoying beeps some pagers use to alert their owner.

    pager 2002

  • The beeper is the most ghastly-sounding little device known to man.

    Thud Ridge Broughton, Jack, 1925- 1969

  • Especially when they discovered the Morse code chart on the front and the 'beeper' that sends the Morse code.

    Kids are funny Becca 2009

  • There were no parachutes seen, nor were emergency radio "beeper" signals heard that day by other aircraft.

    Featherston, Fielding W. III 1990

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