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biper

to page, to beep (someone)

verb bee-PAY Rare

Origin: English 'beep'

Usage Note

Biper is an informal verb meaning to contact someone via a pager or to honk a car horn briefly. It is dated in the smartphone era but still understood; un bip is the beep sound itself. In modern usage, bipper quelqu'un can still mean to send a missed-call signal as a code.

Examples

"Il m'a bipé pour me signaler son arrivée."

Natural Translation

He paged me to signal his arrival.

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