What does "bleep" mean?

A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.

What is a synonym for "bleep"?

Common synonyms include: beep, beep, blip.

//ˈbliːp// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device. countable, uncountable
2
a short high tone produced as a signal or warning wordnet
3
A general euphemism for any expletive. countable, euphemistic, uncountable
"What the bleep are you doing?"
4
A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock. slang, uncountable
"See, there are a huge number of people in this city who look like goths and talk the talk and claim to enjoy much of the same music I do, so it confuses me somewhat that the clubs all play bleep. I would have thought there would be enough people to make something else work."
5
A pager, usually one held by a doctor or nurse in a hospital. UK, countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To emit one or more bleeps. intransitive
"The robot bleeped to acknowledge its new instructions."
2
emit a single short high-pitched signal wordnet
3
To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps. transitive
4
To contact someone by pager. UK
"If his condition gets any worse, please bleep the registrar on call."