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# bleep

noun (a bleep, bleeps); verb (bleep, bleeps, bleeped, bleeping)

«bleep» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A short, high electronic sound, like from a machine or phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleep/#m1)
2. To make such a sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleep/#m2)
3. To cover a rude word on TV or radio with a bleep sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleep/#m3)
4. (UK) To call someone, such as a doctor, using a pager. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleep/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: machines, microwaves and alarms bleep. On TV, swear words are bleeped out. In stories it shows a robot or machine. Phrases: bleep out, bleep-bleep.

### Examples

- The microwave gave a bleep when the food was ready. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleep/#x1)
- The heart monitor bleeped steadily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleep/#x2)
- They bleeped out the rude word on TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleep/#x3)
- My watch bleeps every hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleep/#x4)
- The nurse bleeped the doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleep/#x5)
- What the bleep was that? (a polite way to avoid swearing) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleep/#x6)

### Note

Similar: beep. «Bleep» is often used to replace a swear word in speech. In maths problems, «it bleeps every 5 seconds» is a rate to count with.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bleep» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleep/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bleep» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bleep.html) on Mova free.