beeper

[bee-per]

noun

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.

a similar device attached to a free-ranging animal as an aid to learning its habits; biotelemeter.

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.

Origin of beeper

First recorded in 1945–50; beep + -er¹

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Historical Examples of beeper

Your Beeper of the Seals wants to get the power into his own hands, and betrays you; he who quits the field loses it.
The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete
Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe

Word Origin and History for beeper

"device that emits beeps," 1946, agent noun from beep (v.).