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beamer¹

  • /ˈbiːmə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈbimɚ/ US

Rhymes with -iːmə(ɹ)

noun beamers

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

beamer²

  • /ˈbiːmə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈbimɚ/ US

Rhymes with -iːmə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun beamers

  1. A ball, presumed to have been bowled accidentally, that does not bounce, but reaches the batsman above the waist.
  2. A projector. The plan can be projected on to a white board, […] or by using a beamer (data projector).
  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.
  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.

beamer³

  • /ˈbiːmə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈbimɚ/ US

Rhymes with -iːmə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Clipping of BMW + -er.

noun beamers

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Beamer (“BMW”).

    Similar: beemer, bimmer, BMW

Beamer⁴

  • /ˈbiːmə/ UK
  • /ˈbimɚ/ US

Rhymes with -iːmə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Clipping of BMW or IBM + -er.

noun Beamers · beamer

  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 Merc
  2. slang An employee of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). If those Beamers werent such assholes then Microsoft would've continued the partnership.

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@misc{beamer_2026,
  title = {beamer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beamer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}