1
: a short high-pitched sound (as from electronic equipment)
2
—used in place of an obscene or vulgar expletive
—used in place of an expletive
Examples of bleep in a Sentence
Verb
They bleeped half the words in the interview!
The doctor is not in the office today, but I can bleep her for you.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
This bird-like biped, like many of the robots in Star Wars, was a curious, plucky and courageous little character, communicating mainly in R2D2-like bleeps and bloops.
—New Atlas, 22 July 2024
Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2022
International broadcasters get their own raw feed of the ceremony and must decide on their own whether to bleep — which is why unbleeped video from other countries soon appeared on social media, showcasing what really happened.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Mar. 2022
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Noun
But in the book, Doty did write something that at first may sound discouraging: the Universe doesn’t give a bleep about you.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
This bird-like biped, like many of the robots in Star Wars, was a curious, plucky and courageous little character, communicating mainly in R2D2-like bleeps and bloops.
—New Atlas, 22 July 2024
Verb
The compact white bots with little orange flags and vaguely tortoise-like bodies will bleep-bloop food from participating businesses to locations within a small urban radius.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2022
International broadcasters get their own raw feed of the ceremony and must decide on their own whether to bleep — which is why unbleeped video from other countries soon appeared on social media, showcasing what really happened.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Mar. 2022
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“Bleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bleep. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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