beeper

noun

beep·​er ˈbē-pər How to pronounce beeper (audio)
: pager
specifically : one that beeps

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The latest version kicks off with a moody set piece before a gun shot and thudding drums make way for a beat that sounds like a drowning beeper. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025 Her team is trained in non-violent crisis intervention and can quickly call for behavioral health staff using special beepers clipped to their scrubs. Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2025 Beginning with the good news, the fight against Hezbollah, which began with the dramatic simultaneous explosion of thousands of beepers in the hands of terrorists, resulted in a resounding triumph for the IDF last November. Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025 While Israel was conducting its war in Gaza with a merciless bludgeon and no conception of an ending, its tactics against Hezbollah—setting off the beeper bombs, wiping out its missile stocks and weapons depots, killing its military and political leaders—proved far better targeted. David Remnick, New Yorker, 28 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for beeper

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First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of beeper was in 1970

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“Beeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beeper. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.

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beeper

noun
beep·​er ˈbē-pər How to pronounce beeper (audio)
: pager
especially : one that beeps

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