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plipper

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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.

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noun

Meaning 1

A remote-control device used to unlock a car without having to put the keys into the lock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From plip + -er. So-called for the plip sound made when the car is unlocked. From its french inventor Paul Lipschutz (head of Neiman, maker of car anti-theft device for cars ) who created it in 1978.