beep

See also: веер

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

enPR: bēp, IPA^(key): /biːp/
Rhymes: -iːp

Noun

beep (plural beeps)

The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
A short, electronically produced tone.

Synonyms

(electronically produced): bleep

Translations

the sound of a the horn of a car

Chinese:
Mandarin: 嘟嘟響 (zh), 嘟嘟响 (zh) (dūdū xiǎng), 嘟嘟聲, 嘟嘟声 (dūdū shēng), 嘟 (zh) (dū), 嘟嘟 (zh) (dūdū)
Finnish: tööttäys
Hungarian: tütűt

Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: гудо́к (ru) m (gudók), клаксо́н (ru) m (klaksón), сигна́л (ru) m (signál)
Swedish: tut (sv)
Vietnamese: bíp

electronically produced tone

Finnish: piippaus (fi)
French: bip (fr)
Japanese: ビープ音 (bīpu-on), 発信音 (はっしんおん, hasshin'on)

Persian: بیپ‎‎ (bip)
Russian: гудо́к (ru) m (gudók), сигна́л (ru) m (signál)
Swedish: tut (sv), pip (sv)

Verb

beep (third-person singular simple present beeps, present participle beeping, simple past and past participle beeped)

(transitive) To sound (something that makes a beep).
The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.
(transitive) To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts
Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers.
(intransitive) To produce a beep.
(transitive) Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.

Synonyms

(sound (a car horn)): honk, hoot, sound, toot
(to have intercourse with): have sex with, fuck
(telephoning): flash

See also

pip

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