noun
- plural of bleeper; devices that make a short, high-pitched sound or beeping noise
- plural of bleeper; people or things that bleep or produce bleeping sounds
Usage: commonly used in medical and emergency contexts
Usage: informal
Examples
- The hospital staff carried bleepers to receive urgent messages.
- Several bleepers went off simultaneously during the emergency.
- The security guards wore bleepers on their belts.
- Modern smartphones have largely replaced the old bleepers that doctors used.
- The bleepers in the kitchen alerted the chef when the timer finished.