beep in English: A short, high sound made by a machine. (noun)

Translation

A short, high sound made by a machine.

Word origin

A copy of the sound itself, written down for the first time in the twentieth century.

Gender

Pluralbeeps

tin.

"Beep" is the short sound the machine makes.

.

You hear one short sound, then you speak.

.

Here "beeps" is a verb: the phone makes that sound.

sound

A sound is anything that you can hear with your ears.

machine

A thing with moving parts that uses power to do work for people.

phone

A small thing you hold to talk to people far away or to send messages.

call

To speak to someone on the phone, or to say a name in a loud voice.

ring

To make a clear sound like a bell, or to call someone on the phone.

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