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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 warning
Familiarity information: BEEP used as a noun is very rare.
• BEEP (verb)
The verb BEEP has 2 senses:
2. call, summon, or alert with a beeper
Familiarity information: BEEP used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: beeped
Past participle: beeped
-ing form: beeping
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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