bleep
verb /bliːp/
/bliːp/
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- [intransitive] to make a short high electronic sound
- The microwave will bleep when your meal is ready.
- The alarm on her watch bleeped to tell her it was time to go.
- (British English)
(North American English beep)
[transitive] bleep somebody to call somebody on their bleeper- Please bleep the doctor on duty immediately.
Topics Phones, email and the internetc2 - [transitive] bleep something (out) to broadcast a short high electronic sound in place of a swear word on a television or radio show, so that people will not be offendedTopics TV, radio and newsc2
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Word Origin1950s: imitative.