Verb (third-person singular simple present beams up, present participle beaming up, simple past and past participle beamed up)
- (science fiction) To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.
- (science fiction, intransitive) To be teleported, or to teleport oneself, in this manner.
- (intransitive) to appear suddenly, as if by teleport
Origin From beam up, from the Star Trek franchise.