beep

Object

• horn: I can't believe someone beeping a car horn could warrant such a massive police turn-out.
• noise: A count to ten then starts on an electronic counter, which signals a beeping noise on each count.

Converse of object

• emit: A technician can get a good idea of the cause of the problem from the number of beeps emitted.
• annoy: This isn't helped by the bike emitting an annoying beep every time you press a button.
• hear: You will hear a long beep followed by a second beep.

Adjective modifier

• audible: Audible beep at the end of each exposure, and optional seconds tick whilst the enlarger is switched on.
• electronic: An electronic beep let Carl know it was that time of day again.
• single: The system is activated when reverse gear is engaged and indicated by a single beep.
• short: At the end of filling the matrix controller yields short beeps with 1 sec period.
• long: You will hear a long beep followed by a second beep.
• little: No LEDs on the keyboard, no little beep.

Modifies a noun

• code: A separate chapter also has tables for the beep codes.
• sound: Their distress call is a high pitched beep beep sound.

Noun used with modifier

• printer: There is paper loaded on the tractor unit, but the printer beeps three times.
• warning: A warning beep tone will be present whilst 3 callers are present.
• error: As soon as I type a space, I get a system error beep and I can't add anything else.
• machine: And their machines beep when they shift into backward gear.
• computer: Powerful computers beep whenever you press a key or whenever the screen changes.
• phone: You should hear the phone beep, confirming the upload.

Used with why or when

when: Walk back out the front doors and you should beep when going through the scanner, but the guards will not shoot you.