beep

  • 21beep — /bip / (say beep) noun 1. the sound made by a horn on a car or other vehicle. 2. a short, high pitched sound often electronically produced. –verb (t) 3. to make (something) emit a beep, as in blowing a car horn. –verb (i) 4. to emit a beep. 5. to …

  • 22beep — verb Beep is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑clock, ↑horn, ↑machine, ↑monitor, ↑watch Beep is used with these nouns as the object: ↑horn …

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  • 23beep — [[t]bi͟ːp[/t]] beeps, beeping, beeped 1) N COUNT; SOUND A beep is a short, loud sound like that made by a car horn or a telephone answering machine. 2) V ERG If something such as a horn beeps, or you beep it, it makes a short, harsh sound. A… …

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  • 24beep — [biːp] verb I 1) [I] if a piece of electronic equipment beeps, it makes a short high sound 2) [I/T] if you beep the horn in your car, it makes a short loud noise II noun [C] beep [biːp] 1) a short high sound made by a piece of electronic… …

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  • 25beep — I. noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1929 a short usually high pitched sound (as from a horn or an electronic device) that serves as a signal or warning II. verb Date: 1936 transitive verb to cause (as a horn) to sound intransitive verb 1. to sound …

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  • 26beep — 1. noun /biːp/ a) The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound. b) A short, electronically produced tone. Syn: bleep 2 …

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  • 27beep — noun a short, high pitched sound emitted by electronic equipment or a vehicle horn. verb produce a beep. ↘chiefly N. Amer. summon with a device that beeps. Derivatives beeper noun Origin 1920s: imitative …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 28beep — n. & v. n. 1 the sound of a motor car horn. 2 any similar high pitched noise. v.intr. emit a beep. Derivatives: beeper n. Etymology: imit …

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  • 29Beep, beep (sound) — Beep, beep or beep beep is onomatopoeia representing a noise, generally of a pair of identical tones following one after the other, often generated by a machine or device such as a car horn. It is commonly associated with the Road Runner in the… …

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  • 30Beep, beep — may refer to:* Beep, beep, a noise, generally of a pair of identical tones following one after the other, often generated by a machine or device such as a car horn. * Beep, Beep, a 1952 Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series featuring …

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