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bleeper

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Definitions of bleeper word

  • countable noun bleeper A bleeper is the same as a beeper. 3
  • noun bleeper a small portable radio receiver, carried esp by doctors, that sounds a coded bleeping signal to call the carrier 3
  • abbreviation Technical meaning of BLEEPER pager 3
  • noun Definition of bleeper in Technology 1.   (hardware, communications)   (Or "beeper", "bleeper" (UK?)) A small wireless receiver that, when triggered (generally via phone), will beep or vibrate (un)pleasantly. The wearer will have been trained to respond to this signal by looking at a small screen on the device for an unimportant message. In recent years, pagers have grown more complex, allowing for long alphanumeric messages to be received and scrolled though (as opposed to earlier models, which supported only short numeric messages); at the same time as pager functions are integrated into some PDAs. If this trend continues, the distinction between PDAs and high-end pagers will disappear. 2.   (tool)   A program for viewing a text file a screenful at a time via a text terminal, as opposed to scrolling through it in a GUI window, or catting it all at once to the terminal. The best known pagers are more, less, pg and list.com. 1
  • noun bleeper Something or someone that bleeps. 0
  • noun bleeper An electronic device that makes a bleeping sound to obscure certain words, used to censor spoken dialogue. 0
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Parts of speech for Bleeper

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bleeper popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for bleeper

noun bleeper

  • beeper — A beeper is a portable device that makes a beeping noise, usually to tell you to phone someone or to remind you to do something.
  • horn — Cape. Cape Horn.
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