beep

Onomatopoeic.

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

beep (plural beeps)

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

• (electronically produced): bleep

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

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (intransitive) To produce a beep.
4. (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.

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

• pip

Borrowed from English beep.

• IPA^(key): /bip/

beep n (plural beep-uri)

1. beep

• beep in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)