<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device.</li><li>such an electronic sound used to replace a censored word or phrase, as on a television broadcast.</li><li>Also (used as a euphemism to indicate the omission or deletion of an obscenity or other objectionable word).</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>(of an electronic device) to emit a series of bleeps as an audible signal, summons, or warning.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>Also to censor (an obscene, vulgar, or other objectionable word or phrase) from a radio or television broadcast by deleting from the audio signal, leaving a gap or an electronic tone: The word was bleeped out of the comedian's routine.</li></ul>