to beep
45
4.2
To send a short electronic signal to call someone
- verb
- /biːp/
- Archaic
:
avisar por buscapersonas
- "Beep me, I'm on the ferry," he says and then folds and pockets the phone.
- beep me
- get beeped
- beep the pager
Examples
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Look, I'm glad you beeped me.
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I have been beeping you for an hour.
Fiction book (2002) -
And if you hear or see anything, beep the horn twice.
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Switching over to battery, the computer continues to beep.
Fiction book (1999) -
Look, Danny beeped me earlier.
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Should I beep him after I listen to the new MC Hammer joint?
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I'll beep you, okay?
Fiction book (1995) -
Narrator: We beeped Scotty and told him to meet us at the park.
Fiction book (1998) -
Lorna beeped me.
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If you have an emergency, just beep me on my pager.
Synonyms
to buzz
vsto beep
50
4.6
To press a buzzer to call someone, for example at a door
calls remotely by sending a short signal to a carried device
to give a ring
vsto beep
1
2.2
To phone someone
notifies via a brief device signal instead of speaking on the phone
4.1
To make a short message to check if someone is online
alerts a person to come or respond rather than only testing availability
How Immediate
to beep
45
4.2
- Archaic
45
4.2
to text
296
2.6
- Texting
296
2.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Beep also came to mean 'send a signal' because small devices called beepers or pagers made the same sound to call someone. So to beep someone is to alert or 'call' them with that sound.