beeping sound

collocation in English

meaningsofbeepandsound

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beep
noun[C]
uk
/biːp/us
/biːp/
a short, loud sound, especially made by ...
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sound
noun
uk
/saʊnd/us
/saʊnd/
something that you can hear or that can ...
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(Definition ofbeepandsoundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He then wakes up in his own bed; thebeepingsoundwas his own alarm clock.
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At 0:19 a rapidbeepingsoundappears.
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Abeepingsoundwould accompany each letter as it appeared on the screen.
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The recipe cards have cooking steps to follow that are indicated by abeepingsoundfrom the induction heater.
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This time, a sudden and insistentbeepingsounddistracts the actors.
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These sounds include a low droning sound (pages 34), a loud wind (pages 56), and then a mysterious and unnervingbeepingsound(page 7).
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As soon as he goes into get set mode, he hears the familiarbeepingsoundand gets shocked into a backward move, suspended in mid-air atop a ravine.
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Penny makes abeepingsound.
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Simple battery-powered alarm clocks make a loud buzzing orbeepingsoundto wake a sleeper, while novelty alarm clocks can speak, laugh, sing, or play sounds from nature.
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Common complaints included annoying beeping sounds and childrens constant worry over their pets well-being.
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Its signal consists of short beeping sounds that repeat at a rate of approximately 50 beeps per minute.
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