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beep

/biːp/

beep noun: the sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.

Noun (1)

beep (plural beeps)

  1. The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
  2. A short, electronically produced tone.
    Synonyms:
    bleep
  3. A message sent to a pager device.
    • I got a beep from Kim, and she can fuck all night1992, Ice Cube, “It Was a Good Day”, in The Predator
  4. Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
    Synonyms:
    bell

Verb

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

  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.
    Synonyms:
    honk, hoot, toot
  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.
    Synonyms:
    Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have
  3. (transitive) To contact (someone) via a pager device.
    • 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...1981, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board (U.S.), volume 253, page 1060
    • 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
  4. (transitive) To telephone a person, 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.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    flash

Noun (2)

beep (plural beeps)

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

beep meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

beep in Hindi

बीप, बीप करें

beep in Tamil

பீப் ஒலி, பீப் விளி

beep in Marathi

बीप, बीप करण्यासाठी, बीप करायला

beep in Urdu

to beep
ہانکنا hāṅknā
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beep in Bengali
বীপ, বীপ করতে, বীপ করার জন্য
beep in Telugu
బీప్, బీప్ చేయండి, బీప్ చేయడానికి
beep in Malayalam
ബീപ്പ്, ബീപ്, ബീപ്പ് ചെയ്യാൻ
beep in Kannada
ಬೀಪ್, ಬೀಪ್ ಮಾಡಿ, ಬೀಪ್ ಮಾಡಲು
beep in Punjabi
ਬੀਪ, ਬੀਪ ਕਰੋ, ਬੀਪ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
beep in Gujarati
બીપ, બીપ કરો, બીપ કરવા માટે
beep in Odia
ବିପ୍, ବୀପ୍, ବିପ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ
beep in Nepali
बीप, बिप, बीप गर्नुहोस्
beep in Persian
بیپ bip
beep in Thai
ปี๊น bpíin, ปี๊ด bpíit, ตี๊ด dtíit, ร้องปี้ด
beep in Vietnamese
bíp

Examples of beep in a sentence

  • The robot produced a series of beeps and bloops before giving its answer to the problem.
  • The word "ERROR" flashed up on the monitor, accompanied by a beeping sound.
  • That beeping sound indicates that the truck is backing up.

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Synonyms of beep

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Antonyms

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Forms of beep

Noun
pluralbeeps
Verb
third-person singular presentbeeps
present participlebeeping
past participlebeeped
pastbeeped

Plural of beep: beeps

Origin of beep

Onomatopoeic.

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

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Questions about beep

What does beep mean?
Beep means the sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
What is beep in Hindi?
Beep in Hindi is बीप, बीप करें. See Beep meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is beep?
Beep can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce beep?
Beep is pronounced /biːp/.
What is the plural of beep?
The plural of beep is beeps.

Words near beep in the dictionary

  1. beenship
  2. Beenstock
  3. Beenstocks
  4. beeotch
  5. beeotches
  6. beep
  7. beep out
  8. beep test
  9. beep tests
  10. beeped
  11. beeped out

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: beep (page history and authors); beep (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beep (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); beep (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ہانکنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); beep (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beep (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beep (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beep (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beep (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beep (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beep (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); beep (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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