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bleeping

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bleep  (blp)
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.]

bleeper n.


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Mrs Hanley told how the phone was bleeping, so she rang her daughter back shortly afterwards at her home on Sergrim Road, Huyton, to find out if she was OK.
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