beeper

UK: /ˈbiːpə^r/ US: /ˈbipɚ/ ,(bē′pər)

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beep•er /ˈbipɚ/   n. [countable]

1. Telecommunications a pocket-size device that beeps when the person carrying it receives a telephone message:
   left her beeper at home.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

beep•er  (bē′pər), n. 

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

• beep + -er¹ 1945–50