bleep
noun
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Definition of bleep
(Entry 1 of 3)
1
: a short high-pitched sound (as from electronic equipment)
2
—used in place of an obscene or vulgar expletive
bleep
verb
bleeped;
bleeping;
bleeps
Definition of bleep (Entry 2 of 3)
bleep
interjectionDefinition of bleep (Entry 3 of 3)
—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: Noun
But he’s also supported stuff like lower taxes for the rich and bombing the (bleep) out of the Middle East. — Will Bunch, Philly.com, "Could a sane, not-racist Donald Trump have been a great president?," 20 Aug. 2017 A bit of a failure upon its opening in 1997, The Fifth Element—in all its bleep-bloop orange-haired space-taxi glory—has since burrowed into our hearts. — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, "The Gorgeous Stupidity of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," 13 July 2017 Many of its members felt the $10,000 fine was chicken (bleep) considering Getzlaf makes $9 million a year. — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Stephen Colbert is lucky he's not a pro athlete," 25 May 2017 And his passion can only be measured with a bleep-o-meter. — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, "Kiszla: The four-letter word Derek Wolfe never wants the Broncos’ D-line to be called? Soft.," 16 May 2017 Can’t let this (bleep) keep lingering, (bleeping) around and keep trying to hit people. — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Beanings, racial slurs should have no place in baseball," 7 May 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
At any rate, Travolta still brought a different kind of error to the broadcast, forcing censors to bleep out his swearing. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, "John Travolta drops an F-bomb while poking fun at his Oscars presenting flub at VMAs," 27 Aug. 2019 Things would have been downright tame if HBO hadn’t strayed from last year’s game plan to bleep out profanity while documenting the Browns. — Jon Becker, The Mercury News, "Was Raiders’ first ‘Hard Knocks’ episode really that bad?," 7 Aug. 2019 Blurring out cigarettes or bleeping swear words are not the only issues for critics of the new regulations such as Faruk Bildirici, one of two opposition party representatives on the RTUK. — Umar Farooq, Los Angeles Times, "Turkey extends censorship rules to streaming services. Critics say political dissent is the real target," 21 Aug. 2019 Many in the audience stood and cheered, while TV censors quickly bleeped out the offending words. — Rob Gilles, chicagotribune.com, "Robert De Niro apologizes to Canada for 'idiotic behavior' of Donald Trump," 11 June 2018 This followed De Niro's profane outburst at Trump during the Tony awards Sunday night, which was quickly bleeped by TV censors while many in the audience stood and cheered. — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, "Robert De Niro has dumped on Trump for years; why did POTUS wait so long to punch back?," 12 June 2018 Any expletives that haven’t been cut are bleeped out. — Tracy Brown, The Seattle Times, "How ‘Once Upon a Deadpool’ is different from ‘Deadpool 2,’ besides PG-13 rating," 12 Dec. 2018 Names have been bleeped from audio and blacked out on documents. — Ken Ritter, Fox News, "Police release more video from officers at Vegas shooting," 13 June 2018 Robert De Niro is bleeped for comments about Trump. — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, "6 things you should know happened at Sunday's Tony Awards," 11 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bleep.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for bleep
bleep
noun
English Language Learners Definition of bleep
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a short, high sound made by an electronic device
US, informal
—used in place of an offensive word
bleep
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of bleep (Entry 2 of 2)
US
: to replace (offensive words on radio or television) with an electronic sound
: to make a short, high sound
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