a device that connects into a telephone circuit and transmits a periodic signal as an indication that the conversation over the circuit is being recorded.
2.
a similar device attached to a free-ranging animal as an aid to learning its habits; biotelemeter.
3.
Also called pager.a pocket-size electronic device whose signal notifies a person of an important message, sometimes displaying the telephone number to be called.
n. a portable electronic pager (signal). : I have somebody call me during a meeting so my beeper will go off and get me out of it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source