beep
Example Sentences
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When she heard the beep to start, Vonn dug her pink ski poles into the snow and set off on a run that already ranked as one of the most audacious in Olympic history.
She was putting the groceries onto the counter so that the woman in the pink smock could drive them over the beeping thing with the green and red light.
From Literature
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The machine doesn’t beep, though, not like the ones in the movies.
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Waymo charging stations have caused turmoil in a Santa Monica neighborhood, with some residents calling the round-the-clock beeping and humming of autonomous vehicles a nuisance.
From Los Angeles Times
At that point, sound effects beep to signal the start of a new game.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.