beep vs tinkle

beep

verb
  • To sound (something that makes a beep). 

  • To contact (someone via) a pager device. 

  • 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. 

tinkle

verb
  • To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound. 

  • To cause to tinkle. 

  • To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling. 

  • To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell. 

  • To urinate. 

noun
  • A telephone call. 

  • Urine. 

  • A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes. 

  • An act of urination. 

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