Synonyms for beep


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : beep
Phonetic Transcription : bip

Top 10 synonyms for beep Other synonyms for the word beep

Définition of beep

Origin :
  • 1927, imitative of automobile horns (originally of the sound of a certain type of automobile horn among several types in use in the years after the klaxon horn was brought into use c.1910). Used as a noun and verb by 1929. Related: Beeped; beeping.
  • noun sound from electronic device
  • verb call for electronically
Example sentences :
  • I have beep steamboating forty years, and I know a little something about it.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • The scanner began to beep and Roger turned his attention to the screen.
  • Extract from : « Sabotage in Space » by Carey Rockwell
  • Now Beryl should have beep upstairs marking the new linen and she should93 not be singing as though she owned the whole world.
  • Extract from : « Red-Robin » by Jane Abbott
  • Adonis and all the other Sun lords were supposed to have beep born in a cave on 25th December.
  • Extract from : « Archaic England » by Harold Bayley
  • When Ives gives you the beep, jump out, run around the bows and plant your back against the hull directly opposite the port.
  • Extract from : « Breaking Point » by James E. Gunn
  • The automatic finder searched around for the Ravenhurst tickler signal, found it, and sent out a beep along the same channel.
  • Extract from : « A Spaceship Named McGuire » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • He looks as if he'd like to pinch everybody around, and slap 'em into the cooler, just to beep his hand in.
  • Extract from : « Endurance Test » by Alan Douglas
  • A proposal so atrocious had beep made, in the case of little William, at the very outset, and had met with but slight opposition.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean Waifs » by Mayne Reid
  • "The beep's from the North Pole," the instrument man reported instantly.
  • Extract from : « Thin Edge » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • You try to keep the beep increasing in loudness as it gets fainter if you are turning to either side.
  • Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson
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