"beeper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbiːpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbipɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beeper.wav [Southern-England] Forms: beepers [plural]
Rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ) Etymology: From beep + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|beep|er|id2=agent noun}} beep + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} beeper (plural beepers)
  1. Something that makes a beeping sound.
    A simple computer speaker.
    Sense id: en-beeper-en-noun-KVzp-WuX
  2. Something that makes a beeping sound.
    A pager (wireless telecommunication device).
    Categories (topical): Telecommunications Translations (pager): biper [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-beeper-en-noun-lSkTN1HL Disambiguation of Telecommunications: 11 89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 20 80 Disambiguation of 'pager': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: backup beeper Translations (something that makes a beeping sound): biper [masculine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'something that makes a beeping sound': 50 50

Inflected forms

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