BLEEP Definition & Meaning

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bleep

[ bleep ]

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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 (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 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.

bleep

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noun

a short high-pitched signal made by an electronic apparatus; beep
another word for bleeper

verb

intr to make such a noise
tr to call (someone) by triggering the bleeper he or she is wearing

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bleep¹

First recorded in 1950–55; perhaps imitative

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Origin of bleep¹

C20: of imitative origin

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"I'd probably have to bleep a few of them out. I just told him he was cheating and he knew he was cheating."

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The video has been edited, emojis have been added, and some comments have been bleeped out - but authorities are not questioning its authenticity.

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More all-sky radio surveys have come online, and observers now know to wait for the slow blips and bleeps of LPTs.

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He said the alarms were all connected, so if one sounded, they all sounded, and a smoke alarm might bleep if the main power supply had been cut off and the battery power was low.

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“My point is this,” Stewart said, launching into a bleeped outcry.

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