Colloquial Variant guide

beeper

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbiːpə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈbipɚ/
  • rhymes with -iːpə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: B IY1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Something that makes a beeping sound.

A simple computer speaker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something that makes a beeping sound.

A pager (wireless telecommunication device).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something that makes a beeping sound.

A robot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: endearing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Something that makes a beeping sound.

A protogen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: endearing, informal, slang

Topics: lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A broadcast interview taking place over the telephone (originally having to include a beeping sound to indicate that it was not a live broadcast).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: broadcasting, media, radio

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pager

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electronic device

History

Etymology

From beep + -er.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Indonesian: pembunyi bip — something that makes a beeping sound
  • Polish: biper — something that makes a beeping sound
  • Finnish: hakulaite — pager
  • Indonesian: penyeranta — pager
  • Indonesian: radio panggil — pager
  • Italian: cercapersone — pager
  • Māori: pūoho — pager
  • Polish: biper — pager
  • Sicilian: cerca-pirsuna — pager
  • Turkish: çağrı cihazı — pager