bleep
[bleep]
noun
a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device.
such an electronic sound used to replace a censored word or phrase, as on a television broadcast.
Also blip. (used as a euphemism to indicate the omission or deletion of an obscenity or other objectionable word).
verb (used without object)
(of an electronic device) to emit a series of bleeps as an audible signal, summons, or warning.
verb (used with object)
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.
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RELATED WORDS
indicator, alarm, cue, sign, beacon, gesture, invalidate, annul, vacate, abrogate, dissolve, rescind, phone, contact, telephone, blacklist, excise, edit, suppress, withhold
Nearby words
- bleeder tile,
- bleeder's disease,
- bleeding,
- bleeding edge,
- bleeding heart,
- bleeper,
- bleeping,
- blellum,
- blemish,
- blemished
Origin of bleep
First recorded in 1950–55; perhaps imitative
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Word Origin for bleep
C20: of imitative origin
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