The difference between Beep and Bleep
When used as nouns, beep means the sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound, whereas bleep means a brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
When used as verbs, beep means to sound (something that makes a beep), whereas bleep means to emit one or more bleeps.
check bellow for the other definitions of Beep and Bleep
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Beep as a noun:
The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
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Beep as a noun:
A short, electronically produced tone.
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Beep as a verb (transitive):
To sound (something that makes a beep).
Examples:
"The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns."
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Beep as a verb (transitive):
To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts
Examples:
"Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers."
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Beep as a verb (intransitive):
To produce a beep.
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Beep as a verb (transitive):
Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
Examples:
"Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call."
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Bleep as a noun:
A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
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Bleep as a noun (euphemistic):
Something named by an explicit noun in the original, unedited version of the containing sentence.
Examples:
"What the bleep are you doing?"
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Bleep as a noun (music, slang, uncountable):
A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock.
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Bleep as a verb (intransitive):
To emit one or more bleeps.
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Bleep as a verb (transitive):
To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps.