beep vs staccato

beep

noun
  • The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound. 

  • A message sent to a pager device. 

  • A short, electronically produced tone. 

verb
  • To sound (something that makes a beep). 

  • To contact (someone via) a pager device. 

  • To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back. 

  • To produce a beep. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts 

staccato

noun
  • Any sound resembling a musical staccato. 

  • A passage having this mark. 

  • An articulation marking directing that a note or passage of notes are to be played in an abruptly disconnected manner, with each note sounding for a very short duration, and a short break lasting until the sounding of the next note; as opposed to legato. Staccato is indicated by a dot directly above or below the notehead. 

adj
  • Describing a passage having this mark. 

  • Made up of abruptly disconnected parts or sounds. 

adv
  • played in this style 

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