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beeper::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pager |
| Type of | electronic device |
| Derivation | beep |
Examples of beeper
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Go to a movie, and some sap is winging out of the theater with a pulsing beeper.
From the time.com
Worse, who needs a beeper when most new cell phones come with a built-in pager?
From the time.com
His office TV was muted, but his crazed beeper was signaling him every minute or so.
From the washingtonpost.com
It would not matter, he repeatedly said, if he were leading when the beeper sounded.
From the usatoday.com
The small beeper-like devices were one of the hottest gizmo gifts this year.
From the orlandosentinel.com
If the receiver can't pick up the signal, a loud beeper in the fob goes off.
From the newscientist.com
Nydegger recalls that he was in class lecturing when his wife paged him on his beeper.
From the timesunion.com
If there's a line, patients can take a beeper and shop while they wait.
From the businessweek.com
At first, when the beeper interrupted her dates and time with friends, she felt important.
From the foxbusiness.com
- An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
- Beeper is a 2002 film directed by Jack Sholder.
- "Beeper" is the debut single by British music producers The Count and Sinden, featuring vocals from American hip hop artist Kid Sister. The song was released via Domino Records in April 2008 (see 2008 in music).
- (The Beepers) The Beepers were a music band consisting of Anthony Marinelli, Arthur B. Rubinstein, Brian Banks and Cynthia Morrow. Their single Video Fever was used in the soundtrack for the 1983 film WarGames.
- (Beepers) were the first and are the simplest form of paging. They were named beepers because they originally made a beeping noise, but current pagers in this category use other forms of alert as well. Some use audio signals, others light up and some vibrate, often used in combination. ...
- An audible prompt given by a scale when a condition is reached (for example, a weight within an acceptable range).
- A telephone interview. Radio stations used to be required to insert a beep (audio signal) on recorded interviews to indicate that they were not live. Though this is no longer necessary, the term still is used to describe an interview conducted over the telephone rather than in the studio. ...
- [B] closes thumb on palm twice at hip.
- A device that produces an auditory signal, assisting searchers to find a rocket after it has landed.
