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Pager (Noun)

Meaning

An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

  • The doctor carried a pager in her pocket so she could be quickly summoned to emergencies.
  • The hotel front desk clerk paged the manager, and he answered his pager to learn that a guest had complained about the noise.
  • Before cell phones became ubiquitous, many people used pagers to receive short messages and notifications.
  • In the old days, medical interns often had to wear pagers clipped to their belts to stay connected to the hospital's paging system.
  • When her pager beeped, the nurse immediately excused herself to respond to the urgent call from the nurse's station.

Synonyms

  • Beeper

Hypernyms

  • Electronic Device

Related Words

  • Page (verb)
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