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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beep/biːp/

▶noun a short, high-pitched sound emitted by electronic equipment or a vehicle horn. ▶verb produce a beep.

■ chiefly N. Amer. summon with a device that beeps.

– derivatives
beeper noun.

– origin 1920s: imitative.

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