bleep

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
2. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable) A general euphemism for any expletive.
3. (slang, uncountable) A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock.
4. (UK, countable, uncountable) A pager, usually one held by a doctor or nurse in a hospital.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To emit one or more bleeps.
2. (transitive) To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps.
3. (UK) To contact someone by pager.

Synonyms

beep

blip

tweet

twirp

peep

cheep

pipe

Translations

bip

piepen

piepsen

Pieps

top

🔝

oproepen

signaal

assobio

pi

Beep

pip

yapmak

biplemek

مُنبِّه

bip

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbliːp/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.