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bleep

The correct spelling is bleep.

How to pronounce bleep

noun

Say it like: Blee-p

The correct spelling is bleep. A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device. For example: "What the bleep are you doing?"

Usage Examples

What the bleep are you doing?

The robot bleeped to acknowledge its new instructions.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
  2. 2.Something named by an explicit noun in the original, unedited version of the containing sentence.
  3. 3.A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock.

verb

  1. 1.To emit one or more bleeps.
  2. 2.To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps.

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