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bleep

 (blēp)
n.
A brief high-pitched sound, as from an electronic device.
v. bleeped, bleep·ing, bleeps
v.intr.
To emit a bleep or bleeps.
v.tr.
To edit out (spoken material) from a broadcast or recording, especially by replacing with an electronic sound: The station bleeped out the expletives from the taped interview.

[Imitative.]

bleep′er n.
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bleep

(bliːp)
n
1. (Electronics) a short high-pitched signal made by an electronic apparatus; beep
2. (Communications & Information) another word for bleeper
vb
3. (Electronics) (intr) to make such a noise
4. (tr) to call (someone) by triggering the bleeper he or she is wearing
[C20: of imitative origin]
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bleep

(blip)
n.
1. a brief beeping sound, usu. of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device.
2. such a sound used to replace objectionable material, as in a broadcast.
3. (used as a euphemism for an obscenity or other objectionable word.)
v.i.
4. (of an electronic device) to emit a series of bleeps as an audible signal.
v.t.
5. to delete or block (sound) from a recording or the like, usu. to censor something objectionable.
[1950–55; perhaps imitative]
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bleep


Past participle: bleeped
Gerund: bleeping

Imperative
bleep
bleep
Present
I bleep
you bleep
he/she/it bleeps
we bleep
you bleep
they bleep
Preterite
I bleeped
you bleeped
he/she/it bleeped
we bleeped
you bleeped
they bleeped
Present Continuous
I am bleeping
you are bleeping
he/she/it is bleeping
we are bleeping
you are bleeping
they are bleeping
Present Perfect
I have bleeped
you have bleeped
he/she/it has bleeped
we have bleeped
you have bleeped
they have bleeped
Past Continuous
I was bleeping
you were bleeping
he/she/it was bleeping
we were bleeping
you were bleeping
they were bleeping
Past Perfect
I had bleeped
you had bleeped
he/she/it had bleeped
we had bleeped
you had bleeped
they had bleeped
Future
I will bleep
you will bleep
he/she/it will bleep
we will bleep
you will bleep
they will bleep
Future Perfect
I will have bleeped
you will have bleeped
he/she/it will have bleeped
we will have bleeped
you will have bleeped
they will have bleeped
Future Continuous
I will be bleeping
you will be bleeping
he/she/it will be bleeping
we will be bleeping
you will be bleeping
they will be bleeping
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bleeping
you have been bleeping
he/she/it has been bleeping
we have been bleeping
you have been bleeping
they have been bleeping
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bleeping
you will have been bleeping
he/she/it will have been bleeping
we will have been bleeping
you will have been bleeping
they will have been bleeping
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bleeping
you had been bleeping
he/she/it had been bleeping
we had been bleeping
you had been bleeping
they had been bleeping
Conditional
I would bleep
you would bleep
he/she/it would bleep
we would bleep
you would bleep
they would bleep
Past Conditional
I would have bleeped
you would have bleeped
he/she/it would have bleeped
we would have bleeped
you would have bleeped
they would have bleeped
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bleep - a short high tone produced as a signal or warningbleep - a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
Verb1.bleep - emit a single short high-pitched signalbleep - emit a single short high-pitched signal; "The computer bleeped away"
sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
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Translations
جِهازُ اتِّصاليَدُقُّ، يَرِنُّيَدُقُّ، يَرنُّ
dát signálpípákpípánípípat
bipbippebleeperdyt
píp; hljóîmerki; stutt hátíînihljóîpípa; gefa frá sér stutt hátíînihljóîvari, píptæki, pípari
klaksonaspyptelėjimassiųsti pypsinčius signalus
peidžerspīkstētpīkstiensraidīt pīkstošus signālus
bip sesibip sesi çıkarmakçağrı cihazı

bleep

[bliːp]
A. N (Rad, TV) → pitido m
B. VI [transmitter] → emitir pitidos
C. VT (in hospital etc) → llamar por el busca(personas)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bleep

[ˈbliːp]
n
(on radio)top m
[machine, device] → bip m
viémettre des signaux
vt (= page) [+ doctor] → biper
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bleep

n (Rad, TV) → Piepton m
vi (transmitter)piepen
vt (in hospital) doctorrufen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bleep

[bliːp]
1. nbreve segnale m acustico, bip m inv
2. visuonare
3. vt (doctor) → chiamare con il cercapersone
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bleep

(bliːp) noun
1. a short, high-pitched burst of sound.
2. (also ˈbleeper) a small instrument for making this sound. Call Dr Smith on his bleep!
verb
to make a short, high-pitched sound, usually by electronic means. Satellites bleep as they circle the earth.
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It occurs to me that manufacturers could easily incorporate an irritating bleep when drivers exceed the limit in just the same way that it bleeps to remind us to fasten seat belts.
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Drummer Jaleel Bunton's thundering yet elastic drumlines play out and around Malone's delicately fuzzed guitar lines and producer/multi-instrumentalist David Sitek has a seemingly bottomless library of weird electronic bleeps, blips and sound fragments that lend emotional weight to the band's complex yet firmly tongue-in-cheek lyricism and set them apart from the self-involved shoe-gazing endemic to the current alt-rock scene.
Using equipment designed to study the very high-pitched bleeps that bats make, scientists have found that the frog calls also include very high-pitched chirps that topped 20 kilohertz (20,000 cycles per second)--sound frequencies that people can't hear.