beep

plural beeps

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

   Synonyms: bleep

3. A message sent to a pager device.

   I got a beep from Kim, and she can fuck all night

   1992, Ice Cube, “It Was a Good Day”, in The Predator

4. computingSynonym of bell (“bell character”).

   Synonyms: bell

present singular third person beeps · participle present beeping · participle past beeped · past beeped

1. intransitivetransitiveTo produce a beep sound.

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

   Synonyms: honk, hoot, toot

2. euphemisticinformaltransitiveTo have sexual intercourse with (someone), referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts.

   Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers.

   Synonyms: Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto

3. transitiveTo contact (someone) via a pager device.

   His first notion was to call her on her mobile phone device. After all, she had neither called nor beeped him to tell him any plans in advance.

   2013, Tonshea Carroll Moore, Lanette Zavala, Wedding Vows Under Fire, page 138

   1 more example

   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.[…]

   1981, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board (U.S.), volume 253, page 1060

4. transitiveTo telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

   Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.

   1 more example

   He should have been here at two-fifteen the way he drove. I beeped him, but he didn't ring back.

   2008, Deborah Eden, The Destroyer, page 157

   Synonyms: flash

plural beeps

1. USdatedslangWorld War IIgovernmentA 1/2-ton general purpose military light truck
2. USbroadlydatedslangWorld War IIgovernmentA 3/4-ton general purpose military medium truck
3. USdatedslangWorld War IIgovernmentEspecially, the Dodge WC series U.S. Army WWII military trucks, in 1/2-ton 3/4-ton 1-ton variants