bleep in English: A short high sound. On television and radio a bleep is put over a rude word so that people cannot hear it. (noun)

Translation

A short high sound. On television and radio a bleep is put over a rude word so that people cannot hear it.

Word origin

An invented word that copies the sound, built in the 1950s from "beep" and "blip".

Gender

Pluralbleeps

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A "bleep" hides a word the programme will not broadcast.

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Here "bleep" is just a short high sound.

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Here "bleep" is used as a verb.

sound

A sound is anything that you can hear with your ears.

noise

A loud or unpleasant sound.

word

A sound or group of letters that has a meaning when you say or write it.

rude

Not kind or polite; speaking or acting in a way that upsets other people.

TV

A box with a screen that shows programmes and films.

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