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to beep
01
(particularly of a horn or electronic device) to make a short, often high-pitched sound as a signal or alert
Intransitive
Examples
The car behind us beeped impatiently as we waited at the green light.
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
beep
3rd person singular
beeps
Present participle
beeping
Past simple
beeped
Past participle
beeped
Examples
The nurse beeped the doctor to inform him about the emergency.
Beep
01
a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
beeps
Lexical Tree
beeper
beep
