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BEEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beep mean? 

BEEP (noun)
  The noun BEEP has 1 sense:

1. a short high tone produced as a signal or warningplay

  Familiarity information: BEEP used as a noun is very rare.


BEEP (verb)
  The verb BEEP has 2 senses:

1. make a loud noiseplay

2. call, summon, or alert with a beeperplay

  Familiarity information: BEEP used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEEP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A short high tone produced as a signal or warning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

beep; bleep

Hypernyms ("beep" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

beep (call, summon, or alert with a beeper)

beep (make a loud noise)


BEEP (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they beep  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it beeps  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: beeped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: beeped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: beeping  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a loud noise

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

beep; blare; claxon; honk; toot

Context example:

The horns of the taxis blared

Hypernyms (to "beep" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "beep"):

tootle (play (a musical instrument) casually)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

Cars beep in the streets
The streets beep with cars

Derivation:

beep (a short high tone produced as a signal or warning)

beeper (an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Call, summon, or alert with a beeper

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "beep" is one way to...):

call; send for (order, request, or command to come)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

beep (a short high tone produced as a signal or warning)

beeper (an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged)


 Context examples 


A beep or a tone may be used as a reward to a person for changing certain brain activities.

(EEG biofeedback, NCI Dictionary)



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