bleep\ out

bleep\ out
• blip out
• bleep out
v. phr. informal
To delete electronically a word on television or on radio either because it mentions the name of an established firm in a commercial or because it is a censored word not allowed for television audiences, resulting in a sound resembling the word "bleep."

What was the old product they compared Spic-n-Span to? - I don't know; they've bleeped it out.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • bleep out — ˌbleep ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bleep out he/she/it bleeps out present participle bleeping out past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • bleep out — leep out v. t. (Broadcasting) same as {bleep}, v. t.. Syn: bleep. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bleep out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms bleep out : present tense I/you/we/they bleep out he/she/it bleeps out present participle bleeping out past tense bleeped out past participle bleeped out to replace a swearword in a television or radio… …   English dictionary

  • bleep out — PHRASAL VERB In a television or radio programme, when someone bleeps out an offensive word, they use an electronic device to make the sound of a bleep so that people cannot hear the word. [V P n] Quick thinking TV bosses bleeped out the abuse...… …   English dictionary

  • bleep out — verb to censor inappropriate spoken words by obscuring them with the sound of a bleep …   Wiktionary

  • bleep out — See: BLIP OUT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bleep out — See: BLIP OUT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bleep — leep v. t. (Broadcasting) to to obscure or replace (an offensive word or phrase) by substituting a beeping sound while broadcasting. Syn: bleep out. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bleep — bleep1 [bli:p] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: From the sound] 1.) a short high sound made by a piece of electronic equipment 2.) a bleeper bleep 2 bleep2 v 1.) to make a high electronic sound ▪ The timer on the cooker star …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bleep — 1 noun (C) a high electronic sound: The shrill bleep of the telephone woke him up. 2 verb 1 (I) to make a high electronic sound: The computer will bleep when it has completed the search. 2 (T) BrE informal to let someone know, through their… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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