beeped

verb

past tense of beep
as in buzzed

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  1. buzzed
  2. phoned
  3. dialed
  4. telephoned
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  • In the now-notorious moment, Rock, 61, made a joke directed at Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s buzzed haircut.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That same day, 260 miles west, the mayor of another Saskatchewan town was sitting on the end of a fishing dock when his phone buzzed with a text message.
    — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of buzzed
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  • Residents living in the nearby communities of Val Verde and Castaic have phoned in thousands of complaints about stench and lived with nausea, dizziness and trouble breathing.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Between July 4 and the end of July, roughly 30,000 Americans phoned a passport call center seeking to apply for the special passport, a department spokesperson told the New York Times.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of phoned
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  • Treasury yields moved lower as traders dialed back expectations for a September rate hike.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Shopping has been steady, though Americans have dialed in on sales.
    — Anne D’Innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of dialed
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  • So Parker telephoned the base posing as the doctor of Adams’ supposedly ailing mother and talked the young soldier’s superiors into issuing an emergency furlough.
    — Dan Kelly July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
  • The average taxpayer who telephoned the IRS during tax season this year spent 14 minutes on hold, the advocate reports.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 27 June 2026
Definition of telephoned
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