beep

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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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  • Ada grabbed her robe just as the beep-beep-beep of a truck in reverse echoed throughout the neighborhood and then she walked to the window which, to her surprise, was open. —  ElleryQueen'sMysteryMagazine,February2003
  • He doubted anyone could have heard him talking to the poor dead guy in the can, or the beep-beep-beep of his truck as he'd parked. —  AHMM,July-August2007
  • That beep beep beep is Russian for "go ahead make my day". —  Latest Articles
  • Beep-beep: Yer man Oliver Brady is saying Ebadiyan will win the Triumph
  • With a beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, the gate slaps to the ground and eight riders swoop down an inclined ramp and head straight for the dizzying array of hills, asphalt turns and jumps that comprise the nearly 1,200-foot-long course. —  News from www.rep-am.com
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