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   bleep

   /bliːp/

   noun

   • 1. a short high-pitched sound made by an electronic device as a signal or to attract attention: "when your food was ready for eating, the microwave told you so with five bleeps"
   • ▪ a short high-pitched electronic sound used in broadcasting as a substitute for a censored word or phrase.
   • ▪ another term for bleeper

   verb

   • 1. (of an electronic device) make a short high-pitched sound or sounds as a signal or to attract attention: "the timer has just begun to bleep"
   • ▪ summon (someone) with a bleeper: "I'll get Jan to bleep you if I need transport"
   • ▪ substitute a bleep or bleeps for (a censored word or phrase): "I may have to bleep a few words in his testimony"

   Word Origin 1950s: imitative.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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