The difference between Beep and Toot

When used as nouns, beep means the sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound, whereas toot means the noise of a horn or whistle.

When used as verbs, beep means to sound (something that makes a beep), whereas toot means to stand out, or be prominent.


check bellow for the other definitions of Beep and Toot

  1. Beep as a noun:

    The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.

  2. Beep as a noun:

    A short, electronically produced tone.

  1. Beep as a verb (transitive):

    To sound (something that makes a beep).

    Examples:

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

  2. Beep as a verb (transitive):

    To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts

    Examples:

    "Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers."

  3. Beep as a verb (intransitive):

    To produce a beep.

  4. Beep as a verb (transitive):

    Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

    Examples:

    "Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call."

  1. Toot as a noun:

    The noise of a horn or whistle.

    Examples:

    "He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention."

  2. Toot as a noun (by extension, informal):

    A fart; flatus.

  3. Toot as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    Cocaine.

  4. Toot as a noun (informal):

    A spree of drunkness.

  5. Toot as a noun:

    (informal, pronounced /tʊt/) Rubbish, tat.

    Examples:

    "I'm not paying fifty pounds for this load of old toot!"

  6. Toot as a noun (internet):

    A message on the social networking software Mastodon.

  1. Toot as a verb:

    To stand out, or be prominent.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Howell"

  2. Toot as a verb:

    To peep; to look narrowly.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Latimer"

  3. Toot as a verb:

    To see; to spy.

  4. Toot as a verb (slang):

    To flatulate.

  5. Toot as a verb:

    To make the sound of a horn or whistle.

  6. Toot as a verb:

    To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.

  7. Toot as a verb:

    To go on a drinking binge.

  8. Toot as a verb:

    To post a message on a Mastodon instance (a self-hosted version of the networking software).

  1. Toot as a noun (Australia, slang):

    A toilet.

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