beep

Meaning

Noun

1. The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
2. A short, electronically produced tone.
3. A message sent to a pager device.
4. Synonym of bell (“bell character”).

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To produce a beep sound.
2. (euphemistic, informal, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with (someone), referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts.
3. (transitive) To contact (someone) via a pager device.
4. (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

Synonyms

bleep

claxon

toot

tone

honk

blare

buzz

tweet

squeak

tootle

Translations

zirlare

bip

pitar

suono

🔉

colpo di clacson

pitido

piepsen

piepen

Piepton

biper

bip

sonar

🔉

زمر

tocar

مُنبِّه

Pronounced as (IPA)

/biːp/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.