name
Meaning 1
The BBC.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Beeb
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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/biːb/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -iːb
noun
Meaning 2
A BBC Micro (British home computer).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Clipping of BBC; possibly popularised by Peter Sellers, who is said to have called the corporation the Beeb Beeb Ceeb on The Goon Show in the 1950s.