bleep

[ bleep ]
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noun
  1. a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device.

  2. such an electronic sound used to replace a censored word or phrase, as on a television broadcast.

  1. Also blip. (used as a euphemism to indicate the omission or deletion of an obscenity or other objectionable word.)

verb (used without object)
  1. (of an electronic device) to emit a series of bleeps as an audible signal, summons, or warning.

verb (used with object)
  1. Also blip. to censor (an obscene, vulgar, or other objectionable word or phrase) from a radio or television broadcast by deleting from the audio signal, leaving a gap or an electronic tone: The word was bleeped out of the comedian's routine.

Origin of bleep

1
First recorded in 1950–55; perhaps imitative

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British Dictionary definitions for bleep

bleep

/ (bliːp) /


noun
  1. a short high-pitched signal made by an electronic apparatus; beep

  2. another word for bleeper

verb
  1. (intr) to make such a noise

  2. (tr) to call (someone) by triggering the bleeper he or she is wearing

Origin of bleep

1
C20: of imitative origin

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