Definitions
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- noun A low-pitched
beeping sound.
Etymologies
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Examples
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You know the one with the two little vertical white lines that only moved up and down the sides of the screen and the tiny square ball that made the "boop" sound when you hit it.
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Then when the "boop" sound got quicker, the ball moved quicker and then you really thought you were doing something!
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Linnea played a game with me - I say "Bop, bop, bop, boop!" and on "boop" I press noses.
5 good things ailbhe 2004
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Pause during the game, input the code, listen for the "boop" confirmation noise, then unpause.
unknown title 2009
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That "boop" sound can become quite annoying when you are clearing the list of many (MANY!) items.
TreoCentral 2009
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Beginning with a strong, unison "ba-woop" sound as the microphones lost velocity, each speaker began to produce a discordant, gravelly "boop," eventually fading into a high pitched squeal of feedback as the microphones gradually slowed to a stop.
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799. 2009
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Oh no, I got a real Gchat "boop" and thought that Newt Gingrich was blathering on too long.
GOP presidential candidates debate in Orlando - as it happened 2011
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Until then, good evening and thank you for reading. "boop"
GOP presidential candidates debate in Orlando - as it happened 2011
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And the sound to alert candidates that their time is up is the Gchat "boop" – provided by Google – which might be kind of annoying.
GOP presidential candidates debate in Orlando - as it happened 2011
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This Gchat "boop" is starting to be annoying due to my Pavlovian reaction.
GOP presidential candidates debate in Orlando - as it happened 2011
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It describes "boop" as "a gentle hit or touch" on the nose or head as a joke or to indicate affection.
'The ick' and 'boop' latest words added to Cambridge Dictionary 2024
plethora commented on the word boop
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (See popcorn lung).
July 25, 2008
alexz commented on the word boop
to tap a pets nose - boop. "i boop ur nose"
see the first visual listed below.
to tap a rfid card against a card reader - "... you just boop them on the machine to reload them"
June 11, 2014
bilby commented on the word boop
I think I booped marky once, somewhat confused about whether he was a pet or a card reader.
June 12, 2014
tankhughes commented on the word boop
This was an April Fools 2024 feature on Tumblr like a "like" or old school Facebook "poke" https://www.tumblr.com/allthingslinguistic/746598429812195328/the-boops-are-like-a-pure-instantiation-of-phatic
https://www.tumblr.com/lil-shiro/746600105295085568
https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/1bszhv0/new_tumblr_mechanic_booping/
April 3, 2024