How do you call this sound over the phone when you are calling someone, but they don't reply. Can the word beep used? For examlpe:
I was trying to put through to Mike, but I heard only a series of beeps.
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Sign up to join this communityHow do you call this sound over the phone when you are calling someone, but they don't reply. Can the word beep used? For examlpe:
I was trying to put through to Mike, but I heard only a series of beeps.
The word used to describe the different sounds made by telephones is "tones".
When making an outgoing call, the sound you hear while it rings at the other end is called the ringing tone (or sometimes the ringback tone).
The other different tones you hear are the engaged tone, or the busy tone (when the person you are calling is already on a call); and the dialling tone (when you first pick up the receiver, before you begin to dial).