bleeping

[ blee-ping ]

adjective

(used as a substitute word for one regarded as objectionable): Get that bleeping cat out of here!

Origin of bleeping

First recorded in 1975–80; bleep + -ing²

For more than a decade, the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas has welcomed anyone with a spare quarter — or four — to play hundreds of old bleeping, flashing, flipping, clicking games dating to the late 1940s.
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Youse better watch her final moments of catfighting, hair pulling, and lots of bleeping.
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Celebrity Fan Watch Vice President Joe Biden was at the opening game, but clearly did not think it was a big bleeping deal.
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To paraphrase Vice President Joe Biden, this was a “bleeping big deal.”
Assessing Obama’s Nuclear Summit | Graham Allison | April 17, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

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