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  • present participle of bleep.

bleeping

American  
[blee-ping] / ˈbli pɪŋ /

adjective

  1. (used as a substitute word for one regarded as objectionable).

    Get that bleeping cat out of here!


Etymology

Origin of bleeping

First recorded in 1975–80; bleep + -ing 2


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A cadre of hyper-online collaborators sing and rap over his bleeping, blurry beats, including Lil Uzi Vert, Shygirl and PinkPantheress.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022

"They’re making it worse by bleeping it for sure," he said.

From Fox News ● Jan. 12, 2022

"They're making it worse by bleeping it, for sure," he told The Telegraph.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2022

"They're making it worse by bleeping it, for sure," he said.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2022

The intensive care unit is L-shaped and dim, a jumble of bleeping monitors and whirring machines.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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