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beamer

UK/ˈbiːmə(ɹ)/US/ˈbimɚ/

beamer noun: a gymnast proficient with or specializing in the balance beam. Also the alternative letter-case form of Beamer.

Noun (1)

beamer (plural beamers)

  1. (slang) A gymnast proficient with or specializing in the balance beam.

Noun (2)

beamer (plural beamers)

  1. A ball, presumed to have been bowled accidentally, that does not bounce, but reaches the batsman above the waist.
  2. (chiefly non-native speakers' English) A projector.
    • The plan can be projected on to a white board, […] or by using a beamer (data projector).2004, John Rodney Turner, Managing Web Projects, →ISBN, page 210
  3. A device that projects or transmits matter, information, or energy.
    • For several days he went about his charge with disgust, trying everything he could to avoid the stench of rotting vegetation and of human feces, which was overpowering even as it all burned under the plasma from his beamer.2013, Paul Alcorn, The Rhoedraegon Chronicles: Book Two
  4. (informal) A big smile.
    • Get your pre-smile working, move toward him, shake hands, glue eyes […] and then launch your beamer, a big, toothy (uppers and lowers showing) grin.2005, Judsen Culbreth, The Boomer's Guide to Online Dating, page 162

Noun (3) capitalized: Beamer

Beamer (plural Beamers)

  1. (slang) A BMW car or motorcycle.
    • Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc2005, “London Underground”, performed by Amateur Transplants
    • Could've got the Beamer. I ain't really want it.[…]Man, I should've got the Lex. Dropped the top on em, I ain't wanna flex. Would've hit your girl, I ain't want the sex.2013 June 12, “Shoulda Woulda” (track 16), in Project Baby, performed by Kodak Black
  2. (slang) An employee of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
    • If those Beamers werent such assholes then Microsoft would've continued the partnership.1995 August 27, Bill Campbell, “Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...”, in alt.2600 (Usenet)
    • Okay a few days have passed and the Beamers had chance to answer.2000 August 24, Eugene Miya, “Re: Offtopic--the IBM Watson's as bosses?”, in comp.sys.super (Usenet)

Also used as

beamer is also the alternative letter-case form of Beamer.

Synonyms of beamer

Forms of beamer

pluralbeamers
pluralBeamers
alternative formbeamer

Plural of beamer: beamers

Origin of beamer

From beam (“balance beam”) + -er.

From beam (“project, transmit”) + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for the ball, + -er (patient suffix).

Clipping of BMW + -er.

Phrases with beamer

Words that rhyme with beamer

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Questions about beamer

What does beamer mean?
Beamer means a gymnast proficient with or specializing in the balance beam.
What part of speech is beamer?
Beamer is a noun.
How do you pronounce beamer?
Beamer is pronounced /ˈbiːmə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of beamer?
The plural of beamer is beamers.

Words near beamer in the dictionary

  1. beambirds
  2. beambreak
  3. beambreaks
  4. beamed
  5. beamed up
  6. beamer
  7. beamers
  8. beames
  9. beameth
  10. beamform
  11. beamformed

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