"bleeper" meaning in English

See bleeper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bleepers [plural]
Etymology: bleep + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bleep|er|id2=agent noun}} bleep + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} bleeper (plural bleepers)
  1. Something or someone that bleeps.
    Sense id: en-bleeper-en-noun-IRepOgAr
  2. An electronic device that makes a bleeping sound to obscure certain words, used to censor spoken dialogue.
    Sense id: en-bleeper-en-noun-XL8shYYR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beeper

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bleeper meaning in English (1.2kB)

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