blip\ out

blip\ out
• blip out
• bleep out
v. phr. informal
To delete electronically a word on television or on radio either because it mentions the name of an established firm in a commercial or because it is a censored word not allowed for television audiences, resulting in a sound resembling the word "bleep."

What was the old product they compared Spic-n-Span to? - I don't know; they've bleeped it out.


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