Meaning & use
Bleeps
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Short, high-pitched electronic sounds, or the censored gaps left in broadcast audio where offensive words have been muted; also the third-person verb form of "bleep."
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The machine's rhythmic bleeps confirmed the patient's steady heartbeat.
The censor inserted bleeps over every swear word in the interview.
A note on using this word
As a verb, "bleeps" can also mean to replace offensive language with a beep in a recording, a usage that emerged with live broadcast censorship.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To censor a word in an audio broadcast by covering it with a beep tone.
The network bleeps out profanity before airing the show.
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