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beep·er

 (bē′pər)
n.
1. One that beeps.
2. 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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beep•er

(ˈbi pər)

n.
a pocket-size electronic device whose signal notifies the person carrying it of a telephone message.
[1945–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.beeper - an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being pagedbeeper - an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
electronic device - a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically
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Translations
جِهاز الأستِقبال التلفوني: بيبَر
bzučákpagerpípátko
bipperpersonsøger
henkilönhakulaite
minidozivnik
ポケットベル
삐삐
pranešimų gaviklis
elektroniskais pikstulis, bipers
elektronické zariadenie na príjem správ
personsökare
เครื่องส่งสัญญาณติดตามตัว
çağrı aygıtıçağrı cihazı
thiết bị phát ra tiếng bíp bíp

beeper

[ˈbiːpəʳ] Nlocalizador m, busca m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

beeper

[ˈbiːpər] n (= pager) → bip m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

beeper

n (= gadget)Piepser m (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

beeper

[ˈbiːpəʳ] ncicalino; (of doctor etc) → cercapersone m inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

beeper

(ˈbiːpə(r)) noun
a small electronic device used by the person carrying it for receiving short messages.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

beeper

جِهَاز إِلِكْترونيّ لإسْتِقْبال رَسَائِل قَصِيرَة pager bipper Signalgeber ηχητικός σηματοδότης busca, buscapersonas henkilönhakulaite bip minidozivnik cercapersone ポケットベル 삐삐 pieper personsøker biper bip, bipe источник звукового сигнала personsökare เครื่องส่งสัญญาณติดตามตัว çağrı cihazı thiết bị phát ra tiếng bíp bíp 传呼机
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

beeper

n buscapersonas m
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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and Beeper Communications Israel have formally received funding from The BIRD Foundation, to support their development of Unmanned Search and Rescue Systems (USRS), the companies said.
When I got my first GPS collar, which was something like 10 or 12 years ago, I used it in conjunction with a beeper collar until one day when one of the more perceptive men among the misfits, legerdemain artists and outright charlatans I hunt with asked me why.
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Using the current beeper system frequently delayed communication and transports and led to staff miscommunication, causing dissatisfaction on the part of other departments, patients, and transport staff.
Battery powered, the piezo-electric beeper runs on a single 9-volt battery and pings at 90 decibels (when powered by an alkaline battery, the unit will run for 20 hours; a lithium battery provides 100 hours of power).
I pulled down my pants and the beeper fell into the toilet.