beepern.
/ˈbiːpə/, U.S. /ˈbipər/ A device that emits beeps (see also quot. 19462); also attributive.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > pilotless or remotely controlled
drone1936
doodlebug1944
flying bomb1944
V-11944
beeper1946
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > thin and shrill sound > bleep or pip > device
beeper1946
1946 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Aug. 1/3 Planes called ‘Beepers’.
1946 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Aug. 1/3 Mother planes were piloted by Capt. Ragner Carlson... Radio operators of the drone-controlled planes, or ‘beepers’, were Capt. John Evans, [etc.].
1952 A. C. Clarke Islands in Sky iv. 72 A Beeper..is a tiny radar set..used to locate objects that have drifted away from the Station... When its beam hits anything you hear a series of ‘Beeps’.
1957 Time 2 Sept. 32/2 Drowning out racy epithets with an electronic beeper signal.
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