beeper

From beep + -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːpə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbipɚ/
• Rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ)

beeper (plural beepers)

1. Something that makes a beeping sound.
   1. 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.

   2. A pager (wireless telecommunication device).
      • 1993, “Just Another Day”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:

        No stages, front pages, no phones, no beepers

   3. (endearing) A robot.
2. (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.

• backup beeper

• → Chinese: BB機 / BB机 (bìbìjī), BP機 / BP机 (bìpìjī)
• → Polish: biper, beeper

Unadapted borrowing from English beeper.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.pɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ipɛr
• Syllabification: bee‧per

beeper m inan

1. (electronics, telecommunications) alternative spelling of biper

• “beeper”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “beeper”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)