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Meanings of beeper in English

Portuguese
pager
Catalan
cercapersonas
Spanish
buscapersonas
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An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged.

pager
Usage of beeper in English
1
My beeper goes off just as Kate starts another course of dialysis.
My Sister's Keeper
2
Some forgotten change in Henry's trouser pocket had set off the beeper.
The last testament
3
This number was on my beeper. His voice was rough with sleep.
Bloody Bones
4
Before he could answer his beeper sounded, causing us both to jump.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
5
Now we shall see if the beeper is functioning as it should.
Anchorite
6
As I jogged, my hand brushed against the beeper at my waist.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
7
I reached for the beeper at her waist, but she pulled away.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
8
She made a face and pulled the beeper off her belt loop.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
9
The phone number on his beeper had been followed by an alphanumeric code.
Map of bones
10
We have an emergency call and his beeper doesn't seem to be working.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
11
I gave him your card with your beeper numbers and everything.
Two for the dough
12
Marian's partner answers his wife's beeper because Marian is in surgery.
The new yorker
13
He was about to speak when both my cell and his beeper erupted.
Cross Bones
14
Sari, I saw, was frantically pressing the beeper at her waist.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
15
And when Alex was in court, she always wore a beeper.
Lightning
16
Morelli's beeper went off, and he returned the call from the kitchen phone.
Two for the dough
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Translations for beeper
Portuguese
pager
Beeper through the time
Beeper across language varieties
United States of America
Common