bleep
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bleep
- /ˈbliːp/
Rhymes with -iːp
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic.
noun bleeps
- A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
- A general euphemism for any expletive. What the bleep are you doing?
- A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock. See, there are a huge number of people in this city who look like goths and talk the talk and claim to enjoy much of the same music I do, so it confuses me somewhat that the clubs all play bleep. I would have thought there would be enough people to make something else work.
- A pager, usually one held by a doctor or nurse in a hospital.
verb bleeps · bleeping · bleeped
- To emit one or more bleeps. The robot bleeped to acknowledge its new instructions.
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To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps.
Similar: blip
- To contact someone by pager. If his condition gets any worse, please bleep the registrar on call.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: beep, bip, unidentified, blip, bloop, boop, bleeper, beeping, beep test, beeper, blurp, ping, plink, chirp, boom, bleating
Translations
Talk about this word "bleep." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bleep. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bleep. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bleep "bleep." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bleep.Cite this
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title = {bleep},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bleep},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
