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BLEEP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short high tone produced as a signal or warning

Synonyms:

beep; bleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("bleep" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

bleep (emit a single short high-pitched signal)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Emit a single short high-pitched signal

Example:

The computer bleeped away

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "bleep" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

bleep (a short high tone produced as a signal or warning)

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