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Definition of "beep" []

  • A sound or a signal, as from a horn or an electronic device. (noun)
  • To make a beep. (verb-intransitive)
  • To cause to make a beep. (verb-transitive)
  • To call, summon, or warn by means of a beeper. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "beep" in a sentence
  • "*Beep beep beep* Splort danger *Beee beee beep* Splort danger"
  • "All they ever do is * Beep beep beep beep* and-a * Beeeep*"
  • "Someone outside dials a cell phone number and instantly a 17 year old trusting and innocent man with Down Syndrome hears a small beep from the bomb that had been strapped to his body and then the explosion tears his body apart as he becomes the first human bomb with an intellectual disability."