"bleeper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bleepers [plural]
Etymology: From bleep + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bleep|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From bleep + -er., {{ety|en|:af|bleep|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English bleep Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English bleeper From 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 referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beeper

Inflected forms

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