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Etymologies
- Imitative.
Examples
“Dungeon walls, monsters, and traps manifest themselves as series of beeps from the internal computer.”
Dungeons & Dragons Computer Labyrinth Game Commercial from 1982 - The Retroist
“Behind Winston’s back the beeps from the telegraph were still babbling away about pig-iron and the overfulfilment of the Ninth Three-Year Plan.”
“Clare Boothe Luce, the American playwright, Congresswoman and ambassador, called the beeps emitted by Sputnik as it sailed through space "an intercontinental outer-space raspberry," a jeer at the notion that America had some "gilt-edged guarantee of national superiority.”
“His smile, his laugh, the little "beeps" he would make when he was on the respirator.”
“I did the usual kind of beeps and repeating words.”
“* Actual* ringing of the phone, when it just is a tone "beeps" when the phone is ringing, wouldn't bet on this though, it can (and does) get out of sync.”
The Official Phreaker's Manual version 1.1 by The Jammer and Jack the Ripper
“And every 30 seconds, it beeps, meaning it's time now to change to a different corner of your mouth.”
“It's been refreshing not hearing the annoying "beeps" from the microwave.”
“I click on the blank page and each time I push a key, my macbook 'beeps' with an error noise (similar to if you clicked outside of a prompt screen).”
“· you can set a "beeps" on/off for every Alarm event (a button "Play beeps on Alarm");”
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