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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.
verb (used without object)
- (of an electronic device) to emit a series of bleeps as an audible signal, summons, or warning.
bleep
/ ː /
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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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bleep1
First recorded in 1950–55; perhaps imitative
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51Թ History and Origins
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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