bleep
Americannoun
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a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device.
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such an electronic sound used to replace a censored word or phrase, as on a television broadcast.
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Also (used as a euphemism to indicate the omission or deletion of an obscenity or other objectionable word.)
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
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a short high-pitched signal made by an electronic apparatus; beep
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another word for bleeper
verb
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(intr) to make such a noise
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(tr) to call (someone) by triggering the bleeper he or she is wearing
Etymology
Origin of bleep
First recorded in 1950–55; perhaps imitative
Example Sentences
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The six-part comedy may bleep out every mention of “FIFA” and “Cup.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
“I’ll be catching up with an old friend that I haven’t seen in a long time,” Cape said, “and all of a sudden my phone goes — bleep — 30 minutes until the Subhumans!”
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
“I can’t have the full wording on the shirts, but we’ll bleep out some letters.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024
The tribunal accepted the MoD's argument that level 7.6 on the bleep test was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim but said the application of the test must also be proportionate.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2023
Number tenner, and a grinner, a bleep bloop blinner, that's not a word but I'm a beginner, not like Patty, Patty's a winner, wih-winner.
From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds
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