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bleeping

American

[blee-ping] / ˈbli pɪŋ /

adjective

(used as a substitute word for one regarded as objectionable).

Get that bleeping cat out of here!

First recorded in 1975–80; bleep + -ing ²

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“No more trademark. No more bleeping, starting right now,” James says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2023

It tracks the fluid's journey - bleeping as it moves over the skin - to show where cancer may have seeded.

From BBC • May 16, 2022

"They’re making it worse by bleeping it for sure," he said.

From Fox News • Jan. 12, 2022

"They're making it worse by bleeping it, for sure," he said.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2022

The intensive care unit is L-shaped and dim, a jumble of bleeping monitors and whirring machines.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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