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beam-up

Verb

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

  1. (science fiction) To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.
  2. (science fiction, intransitive) To be teleported, or to teleport oneself, in this manner.
  3. (intransitive) to appear suddenly, as if by teleport
Origin

From beam up, from the Star Trek franchise.


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Words near beam-up in the dictionary


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  • beamed-up
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