beep
noun
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
beeps
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pluralof beep.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof beep (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
beepnouna short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
Example Sentences
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Love’s monologue is interrupted momentarily by beeps from his car and he says, “I’m in my new McLaren and it’s just real touch-and-go.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
Working with bio-acousticians who measure hearing in animals, she developed a soundtrack of pulses and beeps to play to anaesthetised hedgehogs from a rescue centre.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
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
From the glimpse he caught, G’ma’s in the same position she was the last time he saw her, the beeps and drips of her machines and IV steady.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
