beeper
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbiːpə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbipɚ/
- Rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ)
Noun
beeper (plural beepers)
- Something that makes a beeping sound.
- A simple computer speaker.
- 1986, Dr. Dobb's journal of software tools for the professional programmer: volume 11, page 53:
- The Controls option enables you to resize and move a currently displayed window, as well as toggle the PC beeper.
- A pager (wireless telecommunication device).
- 1993, “Just Another Day”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:
- No stages, front pages, no phones, no beepers
- A simple computer speaker.
- (radio, 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).
- 2009, Keith Oliver, Command Attention: Promoting Your Organization the Marine Corps Way (page 11)
- Radio "beepers" are easy: all you need is a telephone, and you can basically have an overseas conversation with any DJ or radio news director in America.
- 2009, Keith Oliver, Command Attention: Promoting Your Organization the Marine Corps Way (page 11)
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English beeper.
Pronunciation
Noun
beeper m inan
- (electronics, telecommunications) Alternative spelling of biper
Declension
Declension of beeper
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