Phrase guide

bleep censor

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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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noun

Meaning 1

A software module, manually operated by a broadcast technician, putting a five-second broadcast delay on the live content, providing time to censor the audio (and video) feed, and used to censor out what many consider "inappropriate" audio content during a live broadcast signal and replace it with a bleep signal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 尖銳聲音檢查員 /尖锐声音检查员 (jianrui shengyin jiangzhayuan) — software module
  • Dutch: piepsignaal censor — software module
  • French: censeur de bip — software module
  • German: Pieptonzensor — software module
  • Italian: censore di segnale — software module
  • Korean: 삐익하는 소리 검열관 (ppiikhaneun sori geomyeolgwan) — software module
  • Latin: censor signalis — software module
  • Russian: запикивание (zapikivanije) — software module
  • Spanish: censor de la señal — software module