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BEEP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short high tone produced as a signal or warning

Synonyms:

beep; bleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("beep" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

beep (call, summon, or alert with a beeper)

beep (make a loud noise)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Call, summon, or alert with a beeper

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "beep" is one way to...):

call; send for (order, request, or command to come)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

beep (a short high tone produced as a signal or warning)

beeper (an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a loud noise

Example:

The horns of the taxis blared

Synonyms:

beep; blare; claxon; honk; toot

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "beep" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "beep"):

tootle (play (a musical instrument) casually)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

Cars beep in the streets

The streets beep with cars

Derivation:

beep (a short high tone produced as a signal or warning)

beeper (an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged)

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