Standard Lemma guide

bleep

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

  • /ˈbliːp/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːp
  • CMU ARPABET: B L IY1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A general euphemism for any expletive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, euphemistic, uncountable

Examples

  • What the bleep are you doing?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A pager, usually one held by a doctor or nurse in a hospital.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To emit one or more bleeps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The robot bleeped to acknowledge its new instructions.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blip

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To contact someone by pager.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • If his condition gets any worse, please bleep the registrar on call.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a short high tone produced as a signal or warning

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beep

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound

9

verb

Meaning 9

emit a single short high-pitched signal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The computer bleeped away

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound, go

History

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 嗶聲 /哔声 (bìshēng, bīshēng) — high-pitched sound
  • Czech: pípnutí — high-pitched sound
  • Czech: pípání — high-pitched sound
  • Czech: zapípání — high-pitched sound
  • Finnish: piippaus — high-pitched sound
  • French: bip — high-pitched sound
  • German: Pieps — high-pitched sound
  • Norwegian: pip — high-pitched sound
  • Portuguese: pi — high-pitched sound
  • Romanian: bip — high-pitched sound
  • Spanish: pip — high-pitched sound
  • Turkish: bip — high-pitched sound
  • Czech: pípat — to emit high-pitched sound
  • Czech: zapípat — to emit high-pitched sound
  • Finnish: piipata — to emit high-pitched sound
  • German: piepen — to emit high-pitched sound
  • German: piepsen — to emit high-pitched sound
  • Turkish: biplemek — to emit high-pitched sound
  • Turkish: bip bip yapmak — to emit high-pitched sound
  • Russian: запикивать (zapikivatʹ) — to edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps
  • Russian: запикать (zapikatʹ) — to edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps