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Heep vs Beep - What's the difference?

heep | beep |

As nouns the difference between heep and beep

is that heep is the hip of the dog rose while beep is the sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.

As a verb beep is

to sound (something that makes a beep).

heep

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) The hip of the dog rose.
  • (Webster 1913)

    beep

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
  • A short, electronically produced tone.
  • Synonyms

    * (electronically produced ): bleep

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sound (something that makes a beep).
  • The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.
  • To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts
  • ''Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers.
  • To produce a beep.
  • Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
  • ''Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.

    Synonyms

    * (sound (a car horn) ): honk, hoot, sound, toot * to have intercourse with, have sex with, fuck * (telephoning ): flash

    See also

    * pip English onomatopoeias