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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
bleep
 
PRONUNCIATION:  blp
NOUN: A brief high-pitched sound, as from an electronic device.
VERB:Inflected forms: bleeped, bleep·ing, bleeps
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To emit a bleep or bleeps.
TRANSITIVE VERB: 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.
ETYMOLOGY:Imitative.
OTHER FORMS:bleeperNOUN
 
 
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