Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beam up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: beam up
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.

Transitive verb

verb

To be teleported, or to teleport oneself, in this manner.

Intransitive verb

verb

To appear suddenly, as if by teleport.

Intransitive verb

verb

To get high on drugs, especially crack cocaine.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Pookie: "They call it the "Enterprise Room", man, because it's for people who wanna be beamed up to Scotty.""
"Crack cocaine done gave straight-up pimping a nosebleed in the ghetto. 'Specially when crack hoes be trickin for two or three dollars, just to get enough to beam up, how you gon charge a John a hundred or two hundred bucks?"

Etymology

From the Star Trek franchise.

Usage

Inflected Forms

beams up (present, singular) beaming up (participle, present) beamed up (participle, past) beamed up (past)

Frequently Paired Words

transporter

Questions

What does beam up mean?: To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.
Where does beam up come from?: From the Star Trek franchise.

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