beep

English

Noun

beep (plural beeps)

1. The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
2. A short, electronically produced tone.

Synonyms

• (electronically produced): bleep

Transitive verb

to beep (present participle beeping, past tense and past participle beeped)

1. To sound (something that makes a beep).

   The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.

Synonyms

• (sound (a car horn)): honk, hoot, sound, toot

Intransitive verb

to beep (present participle beeping, past tense and past participle beeped)

1. To produce a beep.

See also

• pip