Bleep Definition
blēp
bleeped, bleeping, bleeps
noun
bleeps
Webster's New World
A recording, as of an electronic tone, over a segment of a soundtrack, as for covering an expletive.
Webster's New World
A word substituted as a euphemism for such an expletive, vulgar or taboo word, etc.
Webster's New World
(euphemistic) Something named by an explicit noun in the original, unedited version of the containing sentence.
What the bleep are you doing?
Wiktionary
(music, slang, uncountable) A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock.
Wiktionary
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verb
bleeped, bleeping, bleeps
To censor (something spoken), as in a telecast, by or as by substituting a beep.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
To emit a bleep or bleeps.
American Heritage
To censor (a speaker) in this manner.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage
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
Origin of Bleep
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From Wiktionary
Imitative
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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