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Beep vs Neep - What's the difference?

beep | neep |

As nouns the difference between beep and neep

is that beep is the sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound while neep is the swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.

As a verb beep

is to sound (something that makes a beep).

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

    neep

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, Scotland) The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.
  • *1934 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Grey Granite'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 494:
  • *:Poor Mr Piddle with his long think neck and his long thin head, as bald as a neep and something the shape […].

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