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beaming up

beaming up is the present participle and gerund of beam up.

Meaning of beam up

Verb

beam up (third-person singular simple present beams up, present participle beaming up, simple past and past participle beamed up)

  1. (transitive) To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.
  2. (intransitive) To be teleported, or to teleport oneself, in this manner.
  3. (intransitive) To appear suddenly, as if by teleport.
  4. (slang) To get high on drugs, especially crack cocaine.
    • Pookie: "They call it the "Enterprise Room", man, because it's for people who wanna be beamed up to Scotty."1991, New Jack City

Questions about beaming up

What is beaming up the present participle and gerund of?
Beaming up is the present participle and gerund of beam up.

Words near beaming up in the dictionary

  1. beamier
  2. beamiest
  3. beamily
  4. beaminess
  5. beaming
  6. beaming up
  7. beamingly
  8. beamingness
  9. beamings
  10. Beaminster
  11. beamish

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