beamer
/ˈbimɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.55 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A ball, presumed to have been bowled accidentally, that does not bounce, but reaches the batsman above the waist.
noun
A projector.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Beamer (“BMW”).
Example Sentences
- "The plan can be projected on to a white board, […] or by using a beamer (data projector)."
- "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."
- "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."
- "Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc"
- "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."
- "If those Beamers werent such assholes then Microsoft would've continued the partnership."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bagmaz? Proto-West Germanic *baum Old English bēam Middle English bem English beam Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English beamer From beam (“balance beam”) + -er.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbimɚ/
- British English: /ˈbiːmə(ɹ)/