2. Noun. An electronic device that makes a bleeping sound to obscure certain words, used to censor spoken dialogue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bleeper
1. one that bleeps [n -S] - See also: bleeps
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bleeper
Literary usage of Bleeper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on the California Reports, Showing the Present Value as Authority of ...by Charles Theodore Boone, California Supreme Court by Charles Theodore Boone, California Supreme Court (1906)
"387, holding main case approved by cases last cited; Polk v. bleeper, 143 Cal.
72, citing main case, also on page 73, ..."
2. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1852)
"The intermediate sleepers S 8 will generally be of such a form and size as to
admit of two malleable iron chairs being raised on each bleeper ; but it may ..."
3. The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger, Ezra Abbot (1878)
"The Immortality of the S.nl V. A* Enquiry into the Tenets of tlie Jxml-bleeper [W.
Coward], in bin Book of St-cowi »i»J Farther ..."
4. The Indiana School Journalby Indiana State Teachers Association by Indiana State Teachers Association (1875)
"<• and ail points IB the Territories and the Pacific coast; also fur Lincoln and
all points in Nebraska. llr evening train from Indianapolis, with bleeper ..."
5. The Friends of Rathlin Island by Stewart Dalby (2004)
"His two bags went through the X-ray machine, and Jackie set off the bleeper.
‘Mind if I go over you with this, sir. Got any metal objects in your pockets? ..."
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