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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bleep /blip/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Electronicsa brief beeping sound made by an electronic device:The answering machine emitted a bleep.
- Show Businesssuch a sound used to replace objectionable material, as in a broadcast.
- (used to replace an obscene or objectionable word):"What the bleep do you think you're doing?'' he shouted.
v. - Electronics(of an electronic device) to give off or emit a series of bleeps as a signal (to): [no object]The answering machine bleeped and I left my message.[~ + object]We bleeped the doctor on her electronic pager.
- Show Business to delete or block (sound) from a recording or broadcast to prevent an objectionable word from being broadcast:[~ + object]They bleeped the comedian's obscene lines.
bleep•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bleep (blēp),USA pronunciation n. - 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, blip. (used as a euphemism to indicate the omission or deletion of an obscenity or other objectionable word).
v.i. - (of an electronic device) to emit a series of bleeps as an audible signal, summons, or warning.
v.t. - Also, blip. 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.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bleep /bliːp/ n - a short high-pitched signal made by an electronic apparatus; beep
- another word for bleeper
vb - (intransitive) to make such a noise
- (transitive) to call (someone) by triggering the bleeper he or she is wearing
Etymology: 20th Century: of imitative origin |