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beep en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /biːp/
  • bēp

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

  1. The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
  2. A short, electronically produced tone.
  3. A message sent to a pager device.
    • I got a beep from Kim, and she can fuck all night 1992, Ice Cube, “It Was a Good Day”, in The Predator:
  4. Synonym of bell (“bell character”).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beeps Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

humming · skronk · reverb · wah-wah

Deriveds

roger beep · beepy · beep out · beep test

Hypernyms

sound

Hyponyms

upchirp · downchirp

Relateds

tap · bang · snap

Synonyms

zap · ping · peep · chirp · bleep · pip · bleep · tweep · queep · blip · meep · bell · beep · boop

Translations (46)

cmn 嗶 /哔 (electronically produced tone) · ko 빵빵 (the sound of the horn of a car) · ru гудо́к (electronically produced tone) · tr düt (the sound of the horn of a car) · eo pepo (electronically produced tone) · cs zapípání (electronically produced tone) · es pitido (electronically produced tone) · ru сигна́л (electronically produced tone) · de Hupen (the sound of the horn of a car) · fi tööttäys (the sound of the horn of a car) · tr bip (electronically produced tone) · it bip (electronically produced tone) · fr bip (electronically produced tone) · ro bip (electronically produced tone) · mi pīhō (electronically produced tone) · ru гудо́к (the sound of the horn of a car) · hu tütűt (the sound of the horn of a car) · cmn 叭叭 (the sound of the horn of a car) · nv biib (the sound of the horn of a car) · sv tut (electronically produced tone) · cmn(the sound of the horn of a car) · cmn 嘟嘟響 /嘟嘟响 (the sound of the horn of a car) · sv tut (the sound of the horn of a car) · sv pip (electronically produced tone) · th ปี๊ด (electronically produced tone) · fi piippaus (electronically produced tone) · ru сигна́л (the sound of the horn of a car) · ja ビープ音 (electronically produced tone) · fr pouet (the sound of the horn of a car) · mi pīpi (electronically produced tone) · cmn 嘟嘟聲 /嘟嘟声 (the sound of the horn of a car) · ja 発信音 (electronically produced tone) · ru клаксо́н (the sound of the horn of a car) · de Piepen (electronically produced tone) · ro tit (the sound of the horn of a car) · ko 뛰뛰 (the sound of the horn of a car) · cs pípnutí (electronically produced tone) · de Tuten (the sound of the horn of a car) · ko 뛰뛰빵빵 (the sound of the horn of a car) · fa بیپ (electronically produced tone) · cmn 嗶聲 /哔声 (electronically produced tone) · th ตี๊ด (electronically produced tone) · th ปี๊น (the sound of the horn of a car) · vi bíp (the sound of the horn of a car) · cmn(the sound of the horn of a car) · cmn 嘟嘟 (the sound of the horn of a car)

beep en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /biːp/
  • bēp

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To produce a beep sound.
    • The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.
  2. (euphemistic, informal, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with (someone), referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts.
    • Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers.
  3. (transitive) To contact (someone) via a pager device.
    • His first notion was to call her on her mobile phone device. After all, she had neither called nor beeped him to tell him any plans in advance. 2013, Tonshea Carroll Moore, Lanette Zavala, Wedding Vows Under Fire, page 138:
    • Burkat told him on the evening of Sunday, July 1, that Kritch “would have to terminate Mr. Waugaman on Monday when he came in, for not answering the beeper.” […] However, when considered in light of[…] Justak’s assertion in Waugaman’s termination notice that Respondent had unsuccessfully tried to “beep” him at 6 p.m.[…] 1981, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board (U.S.), volume 253, page 1060:
  4. (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
    • He should have been here at two-fifteen the way he drove. I beeped him, but he didn't ring back. 2008, Deborah Eden, The Destroyer, page 157:
    • Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beeps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
beeping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beeped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beeped Tense=Past lexicographic

Coordinates

bop · boop

Deriveds

beeper

Relateds

pip

Synonyms

doink · give someone one · swive · tap · plug · season · jump · Formal terms · hoot · jump someone's bones · bed · feague · shelve · penetrate · make · shaft · smush · toot · rock · expletive deleted · boff · poke · eff · know · shag · slay · boink · get into someone's pants · fuck · pump · smash · roger · give someone the time · enjoy · occupy · frak · lie with · lay · dight · fill · do · have one's wicked way with · schlong · ream · honk · go in unto · Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with" · prig · Informal and slang terms · be with · knock off · diddle · stallionize · frig · get up in · screw · plough · love · bone · run through · dig out · frick · see to · flash · coitize · wap · slip it to · ravage · nail · jape · tup · boom-boom · sard · dick · root · beep · drill · hump · bauf · bang · pound · ball · go with · frack · lie by · mount · knock · knob · pork · love up · sleep with · know someone in the biblical sense · take · hit · get over on · rut · coit · bonk · have one's way with · have · service · seduce · go to bed with

Translations (19)

cs pípat (to produce a beep sound) · cs troubit (to produce a beep sound) · es pitar (to produce a beep sound) · fi piipata (to produce a beep sound) · th บีบแตร (to produce a beep sound) · th ร้องปี้ด (to produce a beep sound) · de hupen (to produce a beep sound) · fr biper (to produce a beep sound) · th ร้องตี้ด (to produce a beep sound) · mi pīhō (to produce a beep sound) · es hacer bip (to produce a beep sound) · ro bipăi (to produce a beep sound) · ru биби́кать (to produce a beep sound) · cs zapípat (to produce a beep sound) · de piepen (to produce a beep sound) · cs zatroubit (to produce a beep sound) · de tuten (to produce a beep sound) · cs pípnout (to produce a beep sound) · th กดแตร (to produce a beep sound)

beep en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /biːp/
  • bēp

Etymology

Blend of big + jeep. From being bigger versions of the general purpose superlight truck, the Willys MB "Jeep".

Meanings

  1. (US, dated, qualifier:World War II, slang) A 1/2-ton general purpose military light truck
  2. (US, broadly, dated, qualifier:World War II, slang) A 3/4-ton general purpose military medium truck
  3. (US, dated, qualifier:World War II, slang) Especially, the Dodge WC series U.S. Army WWII military trucks, in 1/2-ton 3/4-ton 1-ton variants

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beeps Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

humming · skronk · reverb · wah-wah

Coordinates

seep · jeep · duck

Hypernyms

sound

Hyponyms

upchirp · downchirp

Relateds

tap · bang · snap

Synonyms

zap · ping · peep · chirp · bleep · pip · tweep · queep · blip · meep · beep · boop