boop

American  

[boop] / bup /

verb

Informal.

1. to playfully tap the nose.

   As tempting as it may be to sidle up for a selfie or to boop a seal's nose, these are wild animals and you'll have to keep your distance.

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noun

1. Informal. a playful tap on the nose.

   My greyhound's got such a long snoot that I can't help but give it a boop.

2. a short, relatively low-pitched tone produced by an electronic device as a signal.

   If you find yourself overwhelmed by beeps and boops, customize your notification preferences to turn off sounds or only send you alerts during certain hours.

Etymology

Origin of boop

First recorded in 1880–85 boop for def. 3; 2000–05 boop for def. 2; of imitative origin

Example Sentences

The star added: "He started to go up the hill and then boop, crash. I was laughing but he was horrified."

From Fox News • Feb. 20, 2021

The big kid would overplay his hand, Barnaby would spin their foil and boop him in the chest.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2018

I remember a friend of mine had Atari, and just sitting for hours as that little ball went, “boop, boop, boop.”

From Forbes • Dec. 6, 2012

Will: Hold on a second, let me tweet this… beep, beep, boop, beep.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2010

I interrupted his unblinking stare with a finger-to-nose boop.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas