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beeped

/biːpt/

beeped is the simple past and past participle of beep.

Meaning of beep

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
  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.
    Synonyms:
    flash

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Words formed from beeped

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Words that rhyme with beeped

Questions about beeped

What is beeped the simple past and past participle of?
Beeped is the simple past and past participle of beep.
How do you pronounce beeped?
Beeped is pronounced /biːpt/.

Words near beeped in the dictionary

  1. beeotches
  2. beep
  3. beep out
  4. beep test
  5. beep tests
  6. beeped
  7. beeped out
  8. beeper
  9. beepers
  10. beepier
  11. beepiest

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