answer vs beep

answer

verb
  • To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment. 

  • To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence. 

  • To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand. 

  • To be accountable or responsible; to make amends. 

  • To be opposite, or to act in opposition. 

  • To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with. 

  • To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily. 

  • To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to. 

  • To make a reply or response to. 

  • To file a document in response to a complaint. 

  • To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute. 

noun
  • A solution to a problem. 

  • A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. 

  • A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints. 

beep

verb
  • To contact (someone via) a pager device. 

  • To sound (something that makes a beep). 

  • To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back. 

  • To produce a beep. 

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

noun
  • A message sent to a pager device. 

  • A short, electronically produced tone. 

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

How often have the words answer and beep occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )