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bleep definition

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.

Etymology: 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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