Beamer

/ˈbiː.mər/ noun

Definition

A projector that displays images on a screen; also British slang for a BMW car, or a batsman in cricket hit by a ball.

Etymology

From beam (light ray) + -er (one that). In cricket, from the idea of a ball 'beaming' at the batter. BMW slang is a rhyming-slang association.

Kelly Says

One word, completely different meanings in different places—'beamer' means projector in America, BMW in Britain, and 'that hit him in the head' in cricket—same word, three worlds.

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