bleep
verb/bliːp/
/bliːp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bleep | /bliːp/ /bliːp/ |
| he / she / it bleeps | /bliːps/ /bliːps/ |
| past simple bleeped | /bliːpt/ /bliːpt/ |
| past participle bleeped | /bliːpt/ /bliːpt/ |
| -ing form bleeping | /ˈbliːpɪŋ/ /ˈbliːpɪŋ/ |
- [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.
- [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
Word Origin1950s: imitative.
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