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noun
1.
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
2.
one of the periodic signals sounded by a beeper.
verb (used without object)
3.
to make or emit such a sound: When the timer beeps, take the cake out of the oven.
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verb (used with object)
4.
to sound (a horn, warning signal, etc.): impatient drivers beeping their horns.
5.
to announce, warn, summon, etc., by beeping: The doctor was beeped to call the hospital.
Origin:
1925–30; imitative
1925–30; imitative
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Word Origin & History
beep
1927, imitative of automobile horns (originally of the sound of a certain type of automobile horn among several types in use in the years after the klaxon horn was brought into use c.1910). Used as a noun and verb by 1929.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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