Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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beep

/biːp/ noun, verb

Forms beeps beeping beeped

  1. noun The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
  2. noun A short, electronically produced tone.
  3. noun A message sent to a pager device.
  4. noun (computing) Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
  5. verb (intransitive, transitive) To produce a beep sound. “The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.”
  6. verb (transitive, informal, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with (someone), referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts. “Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers.”
  7. verb (transitive) To contact (someone) via a pager device.
  8. verb (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.”
  9. noun (US, military, slang, dated, World War II) A 1/2-ton general purpose military light truck
  10. noun (US, military, slang, dated, World War II, by extension) A 3/4-ton general purpose military medium truck
  11. noun (US, military, slang, dated, World War II) Especially, the Dodge WC series U.S. Army WWII military trucks, in 1/2-ton 3/4-ton 1-ton variants

Synonyms

bleep bell blip boop chirp meep peep pip ping queep tweep zap honk hoot toot Formal terms bed coit coitize dight blare claxon

Antonyms

humming reverb skronk wah-wah

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Blend of big + jeep. From being bigger versions of the general purpose superlight truck, the Willys MB "Jeep".

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “beep”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details