beeping

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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