beeper
Americannoun
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beepers
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a device that connects into a telephone circuit and transmits a periodic signal as an indication that the conversation over the circuit is being recorded.
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a similar device attached to a free-ranging animal as an aid to learning its habits; biotelemeter.
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Also called pager. a pocket-size electronic device whose signal notifies a person of an important message, sometimes displaying the telephone number to be called.
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Stephen explained: "Everything was geared up to the beeper going off and you being ready."
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
A vision in beige with a beeper attached to his belt, his belly spilling over that same belt, Sonny is a familiar, cartoonish sad-sack, a figure right out of Mike Judge’s “Office Space.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Speaking animatedly above the incessant back-up beeper of a nearby mini-forklift, Bolton surmised the hectic scene looking a little like someone who still couldn't believe his good fortune.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2018
But I have your answer: His beeper showed us the insignia of Captain Marvel, a character with a history that’s too convoluted to get into.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2018
Dad keeps checking his beeper, hoping someone will call.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Pagers, or beepers, are dated instruments that can receive signals but not transmit them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
We laugh, we debate whether we’re a Charlotte or a Miranda and we wonder what it would’ve been like to carry beepers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
When he traveled back then there weren't cell phones or beepers or anything.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2023
As someone who grew up with a corded phone in her kitchen, the rapidity from which we went from beepers to cordless to cellphones leaves me breathless.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
The beepers, newspapers, and magazines were distractions—we weren’t supposed to be occupied with any of that while on the job.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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