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to beep

to beep

173 1.3
To make a short high sound, often as a signal
  • verb
  • /biːp/
: pitar
  • I crossed the street with determination, but impatient drivers beeped their horns anyway.

Yes, but here's the thing, your phone will start beeping like a siren.

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Examples

  • The alarm will beep loudly if you don't silence it within a minute.

  • When you hear the machine go beep, beep, you will please leave your name, your telephone number and your message.

    Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)

  • Some monitors beep to indicate blood has been applied or detected.

    Academic text (2001)

  • And then the call waiting beeps and it's Josh.

  • Everything you do, the radio will beep at you, which is tremendously annoying.

    Doug DeMuro

  • Be aware that the machine will beep and the cuff will tighten when measurements are being taken.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The heart monitor beeped insistently, as though in rhythm with her thoughts.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Peggy parks her car in her space, locks it up, and beeps the car horn.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Please make sure your phone will beep when you receive a message.

  • As the microwave finished cooking, it started to beep to let me know my food was ready.

Synonyms

to squeak
vsto beep
61 1.4

To make a short high sound when things move or rub together

is clearer and less harsh than the screeching quality
to chirp
vsto beep
48 1.0

To make a short, high sound like a small bird, insect, or electronic device

is louder and used for horns or loud electronic signals
to ping
vsto beep
16 4.8

To make a short, sharp high sound like metal being hit

is broader not limited to metallic or echoing sounds
to toot
vsto beep
15 3.3

To make a short sharp sound with a horn or whistle

is broader covering both horn sounds and device signals
to tinkle
vsto beep
14 3.9

To make a light clear ringing sound like a small bell

is louder and used for horns or electronic warning sounds
to ding
vsto beep
13 6.1

To make a short high sound like a small bell, for example on a phone

is louder and applies to horns and electronic signals
to tink
vsto beep
9 9.5

To make a short high ringing sound like a small bell

is louder and less bell like in tone
to bleep
vsto beep
8 4.4

To make a short high sound with a device

includes electronic signals but also loud horn sounds
to peep
vsto beep
5 1.5

To make a short high sound like a baby bird

is louder and used for man made devices and horns
to shrill
vsto beep
2 4.8

To make a very high, sharp sound often as a cry

is short and often loud rather than prolonged piercing
to wheep
vsto beep
1 9.9

To make a short high whistling sound like a small bird

is more mechanical used for devices and horn sounds

How Loud

to blare
39 3.8
to honk
80 1.6
to beep
173 1.3
to chirp
48 1.0
to peep
5 1.5

Surface Forms

beep infinitive
beeped past
beeped past participle
beeping present participle
beeps third person singular

Etymology

Beep began as a sound word that copies a quick, high noise, like a car horn or a microwave tone. So to beep is to make that short, loud noise.