different between boep vs beep

English

Etymology

Afrikaans boep

Noun

boep (plural boeps)

1. (South Africa, slang) beer belly

Anagrams

• BPOE

Afrikaans

Etymology

Clipping of boepens, from Dutch boekpens (“omasum”), named after the laminae (leafets) in the omasum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bup/

Noun

boep (plural boepe, diminutive boepie)

1. potbelly, beer belly

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “how old is this word?”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?p, IPA^(key): /bi?p/
• Rhymes: -i?p

Noun

beep (plural beeps)

1. The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
2. A short, electronically produced tone.

Synonyms

• (electronically produced): bleep; see also Thesaurus:beep

Translations

Verb

beep (third-person singular simple present beeps, present participle beeping, simple past and past participle beeped)

1. (transitive) To sound (something that makes a beep).

   The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.

2. (transitive, informal, euphemistic) 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.

3. (intransitive) To produce a beep.
4. (transitive) To contact (someone via) a pager device.
5. (transitive) To telephone a person, 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): sleep with, fuck; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
• (telephoning): flash

Translations

See also

• pip

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English beep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bip/

Noun

beep n (plural beep-uri)

1. beep

Declension

References

• beep in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)