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beep

[beep] / bip /


VERB
call for electronically
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK
track down


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Drake’s bid to soundtrack the warm weather months is “Janice,” which incorporates a bizarre vocal modulation that makes the simple refrain—“beep beep baby”—strangely addictive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Until then, drills buzz into concrete, construction lifts beep loudly, workers iron curtains and more art comes out of storage waiting for a moment in the sun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

The funkiest thing a “radioactive shrimp” would do—that is, if you put a radiation sensor over such a crustacean, says Pillai—is beep.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025

Despite our many requests, the Florida Department of Corrections has not gotten him a hearing aid that doesn’t beep loudly in his ears, so he prefers to stay in his own, soundless world.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025

She could hear signs of life in far-off rooms—the low mumble of a TV commercial, the beep of a microwave running down its count—but distantly, as if in a dream.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Tina Tallon, a professor of artificial intelligence and music composition at The Ohio State University, explains that a "click track" features clicks or beeps such as a metronome, or other cues to capture rhythm.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

A few seconds and loud beeps later, the plate retracted, and that part was over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

My days are filled with the beeps and growls of bulldozers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025

At a stoplight, if there is a car ahead of me that starts to move, and I don’t, my car beeps twice and signals me on the display.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

The sounds of whirring disk drives, self-test beeps, and other boot-up sounds echoed off the vaulted ceiling.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The car braked sharply, an internal alarm beeped, and the driver took the wheel.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Shortly afterwards, mobile phones beeped in unison as a missile alert came in and the wail of sirens started up.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

Machines beeped and whirred as my husband laid on the hospital bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

The craft beeped awake, arched its hawklike shoulders, and whined off into the valley.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2024

A second later, the unit beeped and he read off the information on its display.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

For years, the cacophony of beeping and buzzing has been not only annoying—preventing patients from getting much needed rest—but potentially hazardous as overwhelmed healthcare professionals tune them out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The sets have too many doors, the scenes have a delirious number of extras and the actors yell their lines over the distracting clatter of crackling fireplaces, beeping machines and ticking clocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The low hum of cars passing and horns beeping in the distance gives me a sense of safety; I’m never alone.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026

"He was flashing his lights and beeping his horn at me, because I was doing 20mph," said Mr Lavis.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

The pad made a beeping noise, and Charlotte smiled.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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