noun

beeper

BEE-puh

noun

A small wireless device that beeps to alert the wearer to a message; a pager.

"Doctors used to carry a beeper in case of emergencies."

How to Use Beeper

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAn older term for a pager — a device that beeps to signal an incoming message.

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Now mostly a dated or nostalgic term, since pagers were largely replaced by mobile phones.

beepers plural

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From "beep" plus the "-er" ending, meaning "a thing that beeps."

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