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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
Computers bleep and bloop as two cameras on the telescope start and stop eight-minute exposures.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 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
Those are two contributing narratives on why South Florida’s NFL franchise hasn’t won a playoff game since the 2000 postseason — a 24 (bleepy bleep) year drought — which is now the NFL’s longest stretch of postseason failure.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
Computers bleep and bloop as two cameras on the telescope start and stop eight-minute exposures.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 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 7 Jul. 2024.
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