bleep

(blēp)

noun

  1. beep
    1. a recording, as of an electronic tone, over a segment of a soundtrack, as for covering an expletive
    2. a word substituted as a euphemism for such an expletive, vulgar or taboo word, etc.

Origin: echoic

intransitive verb

beep

transitive verb

to censor (something said), as in a telecast, by substituting a beep

interjection

used to suggest the sound of the beep: used esp. to substitute for an expletive spoken in a broadcast or telecast

See bleep in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A brief high-pitched sound, as from an electronic device.
verb bleeped, bleep·ing, bleeps
verb, intransitive
To emit a bleep or bleeps.
verb, transitive
To edit out (spoken material) from a broadcast or recording, especially by replacing with an electronic sound: The station bleeped out the expletives from the taped interview.

Origin:

Origin: Imitative

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Related Forms:

  • bleepˈer noun

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