bleep
noun
a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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People were coming in to do labs, the man in the next bed was groaning, and the heart monitor was bleeping.
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