bleeping

«bleeping» in Mova's school dictionary: a word used instead of a swear word: «that bleeping dog» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

phrase (adjective, adverb; verb form: bleep, bleeps, bleeped, bleeping)

meaning for a pupil

1) (euphemism) a word used instead of a swear word: «that bleeping dog». tree →

2) (literal) making short high sounds, like a machine. tree →

sense in the lessons

All regions; TV, chat, comedy; replaces swearing, from the bleep sound that covers swear words on TV.

examples

• Where are my bleeping keys? tree →
• The bleeping printer is broken again. tree →
• The machine kept bleeping all night. tree →
• TV bleeps out swear words. tree →
• Joke: «Bleeping heck!» tree →
• Rough talk: «Shut the bleeping door!» tree →

note

Stands for a swear word. Polite substitute. Literal sense: the beep of machines.

In the corpora

• "Bleeping" stands for any swear word, as if the word had been covered by a beep on TV.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bleeping» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.