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That beep beep beep is Russian for "go ahead make my day".

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  1. noun A sound or a signal, as from a horn or an electronic device.
  2. intransitive verb To make a beep.
  3. transitive verb To cause to make a beep.
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  • Joe heard an insistent "beep-beep-beep-beep" which would be a radar on one of the jet fighters. —  Space Platform
  • Accordingly, Penny scheduled a score of meetings whose purpose was to make decisions regarding America's first flight into space, and each meeting was attended by the beep-beep-beep of Russia's Sputnik as it sped across the United States in amazing obedience to the schedule announced in advance by the Moscow propagandists: —  Space
  • That beep beep beep is Russian for "go ahead make my day". —  Latest Articles
  • A crosswise passage" At her belt the beep was a continuous note. —  Breed to Come
  • A double-beep, then the door slid open. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact
 

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