Sekirov Dictionary

bleep

/ˈbliːp/

noun 4
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 1

noun4

a quick, high sound that a machine such as a phone or a computer makes
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(euphemistic) A general euphemism for any expletive.
- What the bleep are you doing?
(UK) A pager, usually one held by a doctor or nurse in a hospital.
(slang) A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock.

verb3

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To emit one or more bleeps.
- The robot bleeped to acknowledge its new instructions.
To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps.
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(UK) To contact someone by pager.
- If his condition gets any worse, please bleep the registrar on call.

forms

bleeped · bleeping · bleeps

Phrases with bleep

bleep out
to censor inappropriate spoken words by obscuring them with the sound of a bleep

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