bleeper

bleeper

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English bleep
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English bleeper

    From bleep + -er.

    Noun

    bleeper (plural bleepers)

    1. Something or someone that bleeps.
    2. An electronic device that makes a bleeping sound to obscure certain words, used to censor spoken dialogue.

    Synonyms

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