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bleep

noun

Meaning

  1. A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
  2. Something named by an explicit noun in the original, unedited version of the containing sentence.
  3. A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock.
  4. To emit one or more bleeps.
  5. To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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