different between eep vs jeep

English

Etymology

Imitative; compare eek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ip/
• Rhymes: -i?p

Interjection

eep

1. (onomatopoeia) An expression of surprise or dismay.
   • 1993 The Simpsons, Bart's Inner Child [1]

     Hot-dog vendor: “Get him!”

     Bart: “Eep.”

   • 2000, Adam Cadre, Ready, Okay!

     Then she ripped the door off its hinges and bent the flimsy metal in half between her hands.

     “Eep,” I said.

Synonyms

• (expression of surprise): See Thesaurus:wow
• (expression of dismay): See Thesaurus:wow

Noun

eep (plural eeps)

1. A short scream or yelp.
   • 1853, Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, and John Holmes Agnew (eds.), The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, page 460,

     "Then the peepers begin on a high key, with a singularly sweet and lucid voice, somewhere betwixt a silver-whistle and a glass-bell, smacking little of the mid: 'Eep!-eep-eep-eep! ee ee-ee! eepee! eepee-peepee! peep-eep! eepepee! eepepee! eepepee!' accompanied by a few trills long continued..."

   • 1962, Jet Screamer, The Jetsons, "Eep opp ork ah ah! And that means 'I love you'!" (but, according to Elroy Jetson in the episode "A Date with Jet Screamer", he says Judy Jetson wrote it for him, "eep opp ork ah-ah" means "meet me tonight")[3] (Note: this reference is incorrect.)
   • 2002, Randy Peyser, Crappy to Happy [4]

     She encouraged them to express their teeny-tiniest selves with an “eep.”

Verb

eep (third-person singular simple present eeps, present participle eeping, simple past and past participle eeped)

1. To vocalise a short scream or yelp; to produce an eep.
   • 2002, Randy Peyser, Crappy to Happy [5]

     Now there are fulfilled women happily “eeping” all over the Bay Area. I swear to you this is true.

   • 2002, Chris Crutcher, “The Other Pin,” in Athletic Shorts [6]

     Petey’s voice rises to that preadolescent pitch it always hits when he feels his life spinning out of control. “Dues are what Boy Scouts pay,” he eeps.

Anagrams

• Epe, p'ee, pee

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?p, IPA^(key): /d?i?p/
• Rhymes: -i?p

Etymology 1

Derived from GP, initialism of general-purpose. Noun from General Purpose Vehicle (military light utility truck).

Adjective

jeep (not comparable)

1. (military) Pertaining to utility or general purpose.

Derived terms

Noun

jeep (plural jeeps)

1. A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain.
2. A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland.
3. (genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

jeep (third-person singular simple present jeeps, present participle jeeping, simple past and past participle jeeped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To travel by jeep.
   • 1997, John H. Esterline, Mae H. Esterline, Innocents Abroad: How We Won the Cold War (page 272)

     From there we jeeped over extraordinarily difficult roads to Marwari City, the site of Southern Philippine University, where I had been invited to address a convocation on the subject of "College Life in the United States."

Etymology 2

Disputed. Possibly from Eugene the Jeep, a character in Popeye cartoons.

Noun

jeep (plural jeeps)

1. (corrosion) A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"
2. (Australia, regional) A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English jeep. Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(d)?ip/

Noun

jeep f (plural jeeps)

1. jeep

Further reading

• “jeep” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From English jeep.

Noun

jeep f (invariable)

1. jeep

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??ip/

Noun

jeep m inan

1. Alternative spelling of d?ip.

Declension

Further reading

• jeep in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• jeep in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French jeep.

Noun

jeep n (plural jeepuri)

1. jeep

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jeep.

Noun

jeep f (plural jeeps)

1. jeep

Swedish

Etymology

From English jeep.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?p

Noun

jeep c

1. jeep

Declension