bleepern.

Brit.

/ˈbliːpə/, U.S.

/ˈblipər/

Etymology: < bleep v. + -er suffix¹.

A miniature radio receiver that emits a bleeping sound when activated (usually by telephone), used to contact the person carrying it; = radio pager n. at radio n. Compounds 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > paging > [noun] > pager

pager1954

radio pager1954

pocket pager1955

bleeper1964

pageboy1973

bleep1982

1964 J. R. L. Anderson Greatest Race in World iv. 59 After I had finally got off early in the morning, my bleeper—the ship's radio alarm—woke me up.

1968 A. Diment Great Spy Race ii. 17 These bleepers are little radio receivers which give off a faint cheeping from one's pocket.

1973 Physics Bull. Mar. 181/3 This new service, radio paging, is the first in the UK in which a simple telephone call over the ordinary public network will activate pocket ‘bleepers’.

1986 B. Forbes Endless Game i. vi. 74 When or if he rings, be sure and get word to me on the bleeper.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bleeper
释义	bleepern. Brit. /ˈbliːpə/, U.S. /ˈblipər/ Etymology: < bleep v. + -er suffix¹. A miniature radio receiver that emits a bleeping sound when activated (usually by telephone), used to contact the person carrying it; = radio pager n. at radio n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > paging > [noun] > pager pager1954 radio pager1954 pocket pager1955 bleeper1964 pageboy1973 bleep1982 1964 J. R. L. Anderson Greatest Race in World iv. 59 After I had finally got off early in the morning, my bleeper—the ship's radio alarm—woke me up. 1968 A. Diment Great Spy Race ii. 17 These bleepers are little radio receivers which give off a faint cheeping from one's pocket. 1973 Physics Bull. Mar. 181/3 This new service, radio paging, is the first in the UK in which a simple telephone call over the ordinary public network will activate pocket ‘bleepers’. 1986 B. Forbes Endless Game i. vi. 74 When or if he rings, be sure and get word to me on the bleeper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1964
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