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ALL meanings of beep

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  • abbreviation Technical meaning of BEEP bell 3
  • countable noun beep A beep is a short, loud sound like that made by a car horn or a telephone answering machine. 3
  • verb beep If something such as a horn beeps, or you beep it, it makes a short, harsh sound. 3
  • noun beep a short high-pitched sound, esp one made by the horn of a car, bicycle, etc, or by electronic apparatus 3
  • verb beep to make or cause to make such a noise 3
  • noun beep the brief, high-pitched sound of a horn, as on an automobile or bicycle 3
  • noun beep a brief, high-pitched electronic signal, used in warning, direction-finding, etc. 3
  • intransitive verb beep to make such a sound 3
  • verb transitive beep to cause to make such a sound 3
  • noun beep A short, high-pitched sound emitted by electronic equipment or a vehicle horn. 1
  • noun beep a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning. 1
  • noun beep one of the periodic signals sounded by a beeper. 1
  • verb without object beep to make or emit such a sound: When the timer beeps, take the cake out of the oven. 1
  • verb with object beep to sound (a horn, warning signal, etc.): impatient drivers beeping their horns. 1
  • verb with object beep to announce, warn, summon, etc., by beeping: The doctor was beeped to call the hospital. 1
  • noun beep electronic sound 1
  • intransitive verb beep make beeping sound 1
  • transitive verb beep horn: sound 1
  • noun Technical meaning of beep (character)   ASCII 7, ASCII mnemonic "BEL", the character code which prodces a standard audibile warning from the computer or terminal. In the teletype days it really was a bell, since the advent of the VDU it is more likely to be a sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) played through a loudspeaker. Also called "G-bell", because it is typed as Control-G. The term "beep" is preferred among some microcomputer hobbyists. Compare feep, visible bell. 1
  • noun beep The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound. 0
  • noun beep A short, electronically produced tone. 0
  • verb beep (Transitive Verb) To sound (something that makes a beep). 0
  • verb beep (Transitive Verb) To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts. 0
  • verb beep (Intransitive Verb) To produce a beep. 0
  • verb beep (Transitive Verb) Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back. 0
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