āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to beep
01
āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(particularly of a horn or electronic device) to make a short, often high-pitched sound as a signal or alert
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
When the microwave finishes heating, it will beep to signal that the food is ready.
āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to call or alert someone using a beeper
Dialect
American
American
Transitive: to beep sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He beeped his colleague to ask for assistance with the project.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒ, āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°
a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
beeper
beep
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
