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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.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

beep•er

(ˈbi pər)

n.
a pocket-size electronic device whose signal notifies the person carrying it of a telephone message.
[1945–50]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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
pager
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] N → localizador 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] n → cicalino; (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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