pip-pip-pipn.

Brit.

/ˌpɪppɪpˈpɪp/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɪpˌpɪpˈpɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: pip n.⁵

Etymology: Reduplication of pip n.⁵

A series of three consecutive pips (pip n.⁵) used as a time signal (in a speaking clock service, etc.); a series of three consecutive pips transmitted over a public telephone line as a signal to the caller to insert more money.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > signal marking the time > [noun] > pip

pip1929

pip-pip-pip1936

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > signals or tones

call signal1853

telephone call1878

tone1878

ring-off1885

busy tone1902

buzz1913

dialling tone1917

dial tone1920

ringtone1921

ringing tone1922

pip1929

pip-pip-pip1936

logatom1937

pay-tone1958

ringtone1984

1936 Discovery Oct. 315/2 Thus ‘At the third stroke’ is taken from one groove, ‘it will be’ from another, ‘eleven o'clock’ from another disc, and the sound ‘pip-pip-pip’ from a fourth.

1938 D. Smith Dear Octopus i. 12 Don't go on talking after the pip pip pip, because they charge you at once.

2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 22 Apr. (Business section) 7 After the ‘pip, pip, pip’ of the speaking clock,..Vodafone could offer a mere ‘Hi’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pip-pip-pip
释义	pip-pip-pipn. Brit. /ˌpɪppɪpˈpɪp/, U.S. /ˈˌpɪpˌpɪpˈpɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: pip n.⁵ Etymology: Reduplication of pip n.⁵ A series of three consecutive pips (pip n.⁵) used as a time signal (in a speaking clock service, etc.); a series of three consecutive pips transmitted over a public telephone line as a signal to the caller to insert more money. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > signal marking the time > [noun] > pip pip1929 pip-pip-pip1936 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > signals or tones call signal1853 telephone call1878 tone1878 ring-off1885 busy tone1902 buzz1913 dialling tone1917 dial tone1920 ringtone1921 ringing tone1922 pip1929 pip-pip-pip1936 logatom1937 pay-tone1958 ringtone1984 1936 Discovery Oct. 315/2 Thus ‘At the third stroke’ is taken from one groove, ‘it will be’ from another, ‘eleven o'clock’ from another disc, and the sound ‘pip-pip-pip’ from a fourth. 1938 D. Smith Dear Octopus i. 12 Don't go on talking after the pip pip pip, because they charge you at once. 2001 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 22 Apr. (Business section) 7 After the ‘pip, pip, pip’ of the speaking clock,..Vodafone could offer a mere ‘Hi’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1936
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