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Beep
Definitions
- 1 The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
- 2 A 1/2-ton general purpose military light truck US, dated, slang
- 3 a short high tone produced as a signal or warning wordnet
- 4 A short, electronically produced tone.
- 5 A 3/4-ton general purpose military medium truck US, broadly, dated, slang
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- 6 A message sent to a pager device.
"I got a beep from Kim, and she can fuck all night"
- 7 Especially, the Dodge WC series U.S. Army WWII military trucks, in 1/2-ton 3/4-ton 1-ton variants US, dated, slang
- 8 Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
- 1 To produce a beep sound. intransitive, transitive
"The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns."
- 2 call, summon, or alert with a beeper wordnet
- 3 To have sexual intercourse with (someone), referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts. euphemistic, informal, transitive
"Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers."
- 4 make a strident noise wordnet
- 5 To contact (someone) via a pager device. transitive
"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 “beep” him at 6 p.m.[…]"
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- 6 To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back. transitive
"Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call."
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Onomatopoeic.
Blend of big + jeep. From being bigger versions of the general purpose superlight truck, the Willys MB "Jeep".
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