Beep
Telephone
Telephone verb - To make a telephone call to.
Usage example: I'll try to telephone the office and make an appointment today
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Synonyms for Telephone
Beep and telephone are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beep" instead a verb "Telephone".
Both words in one sentence
- When you hear the beep noise, please speak into the telephone receiver and leave a message, which I will play back and listen to later.
Source: Funny Answering Machine - In "To Beep or Not To Beep", the Road Runner's speed burst causes telephone poles and cactus plants beside the road to be uprooted and causes a bridge to contract just after he passes over it.
Source: Pain-Powered Leap -
In "Telephone" it's both averted and played straight: Gaga's "motherf**er" isn't beeped out, however, when Beyoncé's "boyfriend" is killed, she's calling him a "mother[BEEP]", putting her hand over her mouth, acting all embarrased about her swearing.
Source: Sound Effect Bleep
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Telephone and Beep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beep/telephone
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