1
: a short high-pitched sound (as from electronic equipment)
2
—used in place of an obscene or vulgar expletive
—used in place of an expletive
Examples of bleep in a Sentence
Verb
They bleeped half the words in the interview!
The doctor is not in the office today, but I can bleep her for you.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
After a bit of a slow start (as both Tomlinson and the panelists were feeling out the guardrails on the new show), everyone got more punchy — and edgy, letting the bleeps start flying — as the hour progressed.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
Their small sounds and snuffles were barely audible above the lilting bleeps of incubators in the neonatal ward.
—Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
The notion that this could be a fad or a bleep on the screen was very real.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
On a busy night at Button Mash in Echo Park, a thousand different bleeps jangle the air.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
Now the trend is liberating, infuriating or both RHONY restaurant bleep
Catch was the mystery restaurant caught up in RHONY drama.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2023
Springer quickly learned that booking guests who required bleeps boosted ratings.
—Matthew Jordan, Fortune, 2 May 2023
With stardom just a compromise away, Ani DiFranco chides her fans, goofs on the media, and wishes major labels would get the bleep off her answering machine.
—Jonathan Van Meter, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2023
Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2022
International broadcasters get their own raw feed of the ceremony and must decide on their own whether to bleep — which is why unbleeped video from other countries soon appeared on social media, showcasing what really happened.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Mar. 2022
The videos have been redacted in some spots, including apparently to bleep out names and blur faces.
—Mike Catalini, Star Tribune, 1 July 2021
He was cut off by the defense attorney, and broadcast media made efforts to bleep out the address.
—Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2021
The song is clearly a celebration of female sexuality, so the decision to bleep out half the lyrics when the words themselves aren’t necessarily swear words is a poor look by CBS.
—Zoe Guy, Marie Claire, 15 Mar. 2021
As Underwood tossed to a commercial, Osbourne kept talking, and the show had to bleep whatever word came out of her mouth.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
The censors weren't quick enough on the trigger to bleep it out.
—Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2020
The ceremony began on a frothy and obscene note, as the returning host, the British comedian Ricky Gervais, cracked numerous jokes that were bleeped by NBC censors.
—Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2020
Noun
Computers bleep and bloop as two cameras on the telescope start and stop eight-minute exposures.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
After a bit of a slow start (as both Tomlinson and the panelists were feeling out the guardrails on the new show), everyone got more punchy — and edgy, letting the bleeps start flying — as the hour progressed.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
Their small sounds and snuffles were barely audible above the lilting bleeps of incubators in the neonatal ward.
—Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
The notion that this could be a fad or a bleep on the screen was very real.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2023
On a busy night at Button Mash in Echo Park, a thousand different bleeps jangle the air.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
Now the trend is liberating, infuriating or both RHONY restaurant bleep
Catch was the mystery restaurant caught up in RHONY drama.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2023
Springer quickly learned that booking guests who required bleeps boosted ratings.
—Matthew Jordan, Fortune, 2 May 2023
With stardom just a compromise away, Ani DiFranco chides her fans, goofs on the media, and wishes major labels would get the bleep off her answering machine.
—Jonathan Van Meter, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2023
Verb
The compact white bots with little orange flags and vaguely tortoise-like bodies will bleep-bloop food from participating businesses to locations within a small urban radius.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2022
International broadcasters get their own raw feed of the ceremony and must decide on their own whether to bleep — which is why unbleeped video from other countries soon appeared on social media, showcasing what really happened.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Mar. 2022
The videos have been redacted in some spots, including apparently to bleep out names and blur faces.
—Mike Catalini, Star Tribune, 1 July 2021
He was cut off by the defense attorney, and broadcast media made efforts to bleep out the address.
—Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2021
The song is clearly a celebration of female sexuality, so the decision to bleep out half the lyrics when the words themselves aren’t necessarily swear words is a poor look by CBS.
—Zoe Guy, Marie Claire, 15 Mar. 2021
As Underwood tossed to a commercial, Osbourne kept talking, and the show had to bleep whatever word came out of her mouth.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
The censors weren't quick enough on the trigger to bleep it out.
—Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2020
The ceremony began on a frothy and obscene note, as the returning host, the British comedian Ricky Gervais, cracked numerous jokes that were bleeped by NBC censors.
—Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2020
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“Bleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bleep. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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