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BEEP
beep, bleep
(noun) a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
beep
(verb) call, summon, or alert with a beeper
honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot
(verb) make a loud noise; “The horns of the taxis blared”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
beep (plural beeps)
The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
A short, electronically produced tone.
Synonyms
• (electronically produced): bleep; see also beep
Verb
beep (third-person singular simple present beeps, present participle beeping, simple past and past participle beeped)
(transitive) To sound (something that makes a beep).
(transitive, informal, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts
(intransitive) To produce a beep.
(transitive) To contact (someone via) a pager device.
(transitive) Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
Synonyms
• (sound (a car horn)): honk, hoot, sound, toot
• (to have intercourse with): sleep with, fuck; see also copulate with
• (telephoning): flash
Source: Wiktionary
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