beeped; beeping; beeps
1
: to cause to sound
beep a horn
2
: to send a message to (someone) with a beeper
Dr. Khoury was beeped to perform an emergency operation at American University Hospital.—
Scot Macleod
Scot Macleod
: a short usually high-pitched sound (as from a horn or an electronic device) that serves as a signal or warning
Examples of beep in a Sentence
Verb
Why did you beep your horn at her?
She beeped at me first.
Something is beeping in the kitchen.
I could hear a beeping noise.
Noun
the beep of a car horn
Please leave a message after the beep.
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Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
Records showed that deputies and medical staff failed to provide Bach insulin, even though the alarm on his insulin pump had been beeping for at least 19 hours.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
Whenever a beep sounded, the actors stood up momentarily before sitting down again.
—Naira Velumyan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The rest of the veterinary is designed to soothe cats: phones don’t ring, machines don’t beep and all animals’ eyes in decorative paintings face away from the real-life veterinary patients.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
Records showed that deputies and medical staff failed to provide Bach insulin, even though the alarm on his insulin pump had been beeping for at least 19 hours.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
While many developers at the time settled for simple beeps and boops, Williams coaxed naturalistic environmental sounds from the silicon that modern audio designers, working with gigabytes of sampled audio, would still appreciate.
—ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
Whenever a beep sounded, the actors stood up momentarily before sitting down again.
—Naira Velumyan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Beep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beep. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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