beep

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: bēp, IPA(key): /biːp/ Rhymes: -iːp === Etymology 1 === Onomatopoeic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “how old is this word?”) ==== Noun ==== beep (plural beeps) The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:beep A short, electronically produced tone. Synonym: bleep A message sent to a pager device. (computing) Synonym of bell (“bell character”). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== beep (third-person singular simple present beeps, present participle beeping, simple past and past participle beeped) (intransitive, transitive) To produce a beep sound. Synonyms: honk, hoot, toot Coordinate terms: boop, bop (transitive, informal, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with (someone), referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulate with (transitive) To contact (someone) via a pager device. (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back. Synonym: flash ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === Blend of big +‎ jeep. From being bigger versions of the general purpose superlight truck, the Willys MB "Jeep". ==== Noun ==== beep (plural beeps) (US, military, slang, dated, World War II) A 1/2-ton general purpose military light truck (US, military, slang, dated, World War II, by extension) A 3/4-ton general purpose military medium truck (US, military, slang, dated, World War II) Especially, the Dodge WC series U.S. Army WWII military trucks, in 1/2-ton 3/4-ton 1-ton variants ===== Coordinate terms ===== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English beep. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bip/ === Noun === beep n (plural beep-uri) beep ==== Declension ==== === References === “beep”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026