bleep

🇺🇸 /bliːp/ 🇬🇧 /bliːp/
Frequency
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noun
R

A sound made by electronic devices, like a beep.

The alarm gave a loud bleep when it went off.

verb
R

To make a short high sound, like a beep.

The microwave bleeped when the popcorn was ready.

R

To call someone using a beeper.

The nurse had to bleep the doctor for an emergency.

R

To replace a swear word with a beep sound on TV or radio.

The bad word was bleeped out on the live broadcast.

translation

n. A sound made by electronic devices, like a beep.
v. To make a short high sound, like a beep.; To call someone using a beeper.; To replace a swear word with a beep sound on TV or radio.

Word Forms

3rd Present bleeps
Past bleeped
Perfect bleeped
Progressive bleeping
Plural bleeps

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