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bleep

bleep
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bleep]
    • /blip/
    • /bliːp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bleep]
    • /blip/

Definitions of bleep word

  • countable noun bleep A bleep is a short, high-pitched sound, usually one of a series, that is made by an electrical device. 3
  • verb bleep If something electronic bleeps, it makes a short, high-pitched sound. 3
  • noun bleep a short high-pitched signal made by an electronic apparatus; beep 3
  • verb bleep to make such a noise 3
  • verb bleep to call (someone) by triggering the bleeper he or she is wearing 3
  • abbreviation BLEEP beep 3

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Origin of bleep

First appearance:

before 1950
One of the 5% newest English words
First recorded in 1950-55; perhaps imitative

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Bleep

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bleep popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

bleep usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for bleep

noun bleep

  • ding — to cause surface damage to; dent: Flying gravel had dinged the car's fenders.
  • signal — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
  • warning — the act or utterance of one who warns or the existence, appearance, sound, etc., of a thing that warns.
  • tone — (Theobald) Wolfe, 1763–98, Irish nationalist and martyr for independence.
  • indicator — a person or thing that indicates.

verb bleep

  • phone — a speech sound: There are three phonetically different “t” phones in an utterance of “titillate,” and two in an utterance of “tattletale.”.
  • contact — Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly.
  • telephone — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
  • beep — A beep is a short, loud sound like that made by a car horn or a telephone answering machine.
  • ring — a male given name.

Antonyms for bleep

verb bleep

  • conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
  • listen — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
  • refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.

noun bleep

  • denial — A denial of something is a statement that it is not true, does not exist, or did not happen.
  • refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
  • veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.

Top questions with bleep

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