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beam up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From the Star Trek franchise.

Meanings

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.
   • 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? 2004, Teddy Hayes, Blood Red Blues, →ISBN, page 75:
   • Pookie: "They call it the "Enterprise Room", man, because it's for people who wanna be beamed up to Scotty." 1991, New Jack City:

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transporter