English Explanatory Dictionary

beep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  4. Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
verb
  1. To produce a beep sound.
  2. To have sexual intercourse with (someone), referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts.
  3. To contact (someone) via a pager device.
  4. To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
noun
  1. A 1/2-ton general purpose military light truck
  2. A 3/4-ton general purpose military medium truck
  3. Especially, the Dodge WC series U.S. Army WWII military trucks, in 1/2-ton 3/4-ton 1-ton variants

Pronunciation

bēp /biːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beep.wav

Word forms

beep beeps beeping beeped

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Synonyms

beep bleep blip boop chirp meep peep pip ping queep tweep zap bell honk hoot toot Formal terms bed coit coitize dight enjoy feague go in unto go to bed with have know lie by lie with love mount occupy penetrate season seduce sleep with take Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with" Informal and slang terms ball bang bauf be with bone boff boink bonk boom-boom dick diddle dig out do doink drill eff expletive deleted fill frack frak frick

Antonyms

humming reverb skronk wah-wah

Related words

bang tap snap pip

Derived words

beep out beep test beepy roger beep beeper
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