bleep
bleep Lexical Profile
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• noun
A short, high-pitched sound made by a piece of electronic equipment, or used to obscure an offensive word in a broadcast.
"The heart monitor emitted a steady, reassuring bleep throughout the night."
British A small electronic paging device that emits a sound when the wearer is being contacted.
"The on-call surgeon kept her bleep clipped to her coat pocket at all times."
• verb
To make a short, high-pitched electronic sound.
"The microwave bleeped three times to signal that the soup was ready."
To censor or obscure spoken words in a broadcast by replacing them with a high-pitched electronic tone.
"The television network had to bleep several offensive remarks during the live interview."
British To summon or contact someone by means of an electronic pager.
"The ward nurse bleeped the resident doctor as soon as the patient's test results arrived."
• interjection
Used as a humorous or polite substitute for a censored profanity or taboo word in speech.
"What the bleep were you thinking when you left the front door wide open?"
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the 1950s as an imitative word mimicking a short, high-pitched electronic signal, likely influenced by both 'beep' and 'blip'.