bleeps

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a short, high sound made by a machine, especially if it is repeated:

He wears a wristwatch with an irritating bleep.

used when someone is speaking, to avoid saying a swear word:

Where the bleep are my keys?

(of a machine) to make a short, high sound:

I heard his alarm clock bleeping this morning.

to call someone, for example a doctor, by sending a signal to a bleeper that they carry:

Bleep me if his condition worsens.

(on TV, etc.) to replace a swear word with an electronic sound so that people will not hear the swear word and be offended:

Oops! Can you bleep that?

used to avoid saying a swear word, for example when you are angry or surprised:

Oh, bleep. Why did I do that?

She said, "Holy bleep! That's my mum!"

a short, continuous electronic sound:

Cell phones now play pop tunes rather than making bleeps.

to make a short, continuous electronic sound

If an offensive word on television or radio is bleeped or bleeped out, it is replaced with a short, continuous electronic sound:

[ T ] Portions of the program were bleeped before the broadcast