[bleep] 
| 1. | a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device. |
| 2. | such an electronic sound used to replace a censored word or phrase, as on a television broadcast. |
| 3. | Also, blip. (used as a euphemism to indicate the omission or deletion of an obscenity or other objectionable word). |
| 4. | (of an electronic device) to emit a series of bleeps as an audible signal, summons, or warning. |
| 5. | Also, blip. to censor (an obscene, vulgar, or other objectionable word or phrase) from a radio or television broadcast by deleting from the audio signal, leaving a gap or an electronic tone: The word was bleeped out of the comedian's routine. |
| bleep (blēp) n. A brief high-pitched sound, as from an electronic device. v. bleeped, bleep·ing, bleeps v. intr. To emit a bleep or bleeps. v. tr. To edit out (spoken material) from a broadcast or recording, especially by replacing with an electronic sound: The station bleeped out the expletives from the taped interview. [Imitative.] bleep'er n. |