I. bleep1 /bliːp/
noun [countable][
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: From the sound]
1. a short high sound made by a piece of electronic equipment
2. a bleeper
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. bleep2 verb1. [intransitive] to make a high electronic sound:
The timer on the cooker started to bleep.2. [transitive] British English to let someone know, through their bleeper, that you want them to telephone you
Synonym : beep American English3. [transitive] (
also bleep out) to prevent an offensive word being heard on television or the radio by making a high electronic sound:
All the swear words had been bleeped out. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲