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boop
/buːp/
noun 2verb 2name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
polite
VERB + BOOP
go, let, sort, wouldn't
BOOP + NOUN
boobs, flick
PREP.
off, on
Definitions
noun
1
A low-pitched beeping sound.
When something important happened, a polite sort of boop went off, and up in the right-hand corner of your screen, above the copy, a word or two appeared: Urgent, Bulletin, Late Stocks, whatever.
Originally, computers' attempts at making music were recognizable by their beeps and boops and weird swoops. And to suggest that the rhythms laid down by a^([sic]) electronic drummer were anything close to swingin' was humorous.
2
A gentle or playful tap or strike, especially on the nose.
“Boop, on the nose! Boop, on the nose! Boop, on the nose!” “He's bypassing our shields. We can't take many more boops.” “Thanks to Father giving me full access to Starfleet data systems, I know all possible shield frequencies. Boop!”
verb
1
To produce a low-pitched beeping sound.
The music on “LP” is almost entirely unnatural, booping and puffing, buzzing and ticking in tones no acoustic instrument would make.
2
To strike gently or playfully; to bop (especially on the nose).
He spun around and booped me on the nose.
name
1
A surname from German.
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When something important happened, a polite sort of boop went off, and up in the right-hand corner of your screen, above the copy, a word or two appeared: Urgent, Bulletin, Late Stocks, whatever.
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Originally, computers' attempts at making music were recognizable by their beeps and boops and weird swoops. And to suggest that the rhythms laid down by a^([sic]) electronic drummer were anything clo
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Guitars riffle precise chords and lilt through arpeggios, keyboards go boop, and every flick of a drumbeat is in place.
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The music on “LP” is almost entirely unnatural, booping and puffing, buzzing and ticking in tones no acoustic instrument would make.
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He spun around and booped me on the nose.
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Boop! Got you on your nose. You'll have to be faster than that.
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