to beep
107
1.3
- 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.
- Yes, but here's the thing, your phone will start beeping like a siren.
- And don't they love their little as they come beeping past, Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
- Everything you do, the radio will beep at you, which is tremendously annoying.
- Like it's just like a little beeping coming from the actual alarm system.
- So yeah, the code on your phone beep, beep.
- They're asked to pick up live cell phones that are beeping.
- You just turn it OK, and then when it ends, it beeps.
- Hearing the red radio sat radio beeping as a charging in the background.
- But I didn't realize that boy the sound was beeping.
Examples
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The alarm will beep loudly if you don't silence it within a minute.
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When you hear the machine go beep, beep, you will please leave your name, your telephone number and your message.
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Some monitors beep to indicate blood has been applied or detected.
Academic text (2001) -
And then the call waiting beeps and it's Josh.
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Everything you do, the radio will beep at you, which is tremendously annoying.
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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.
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As the microwave finished cooking, it started to beep to let me know my food was ready.
Synonyms
82
1.4
To make a short high sound when things move or rub together
34
1.0
To make a short, high sound like a small bird, insect, or electronic device
22
6.1
To make a short high sound like a small bell, for example on a phone
15
3.9
To make a light clear ringing sound like a small bell
9
4.4
To make a short high sound with a device
7
3.3
To make a short sharp sound with a horn or whistle
4
4.8
To make a short, sharp high sound like metal being hit
3
4.8
To make a very high, sharp sound often as a cry
2
1.5
To make a short high sound like a baby bird
1
9.5
To make a short high ringing sound like a small bell
To make a short high whistling sound like a small bird
How Loud
Surface Forms
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.