Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
bleep
verb and noun
/bliːp/
Definition
A brief sound or signal that often replaces a word or phrase considered inappropriate.
Examples
- During the live broadcast, a bleep covered the swear words uttered by the speaker.
- The machine emitted a bleep every time it completed a task.
- They used a bleep to censor the explicit language in the film.
Meaning
Bleep is commonly used in media to censor offensive language or content, providing an auditory cue without revealing the actual word.
Synonyms
- signal
- beep
- sound
