blep

verb

1. (Internet)To extend the tongue beyond the lips, seemingly for no reason, without opening the mouth fully.

   “You know what blepping is, right? It’s when an animal’s tongue casually pokes out of their mouth and stays there. It’s very cute, but quite odd.”

   “Animal experts aren’t entirely sure why pets blep, but in cats it may have something to do with the Flehmen response, in which they use their tongues to “smell” the air.”

   “The Endangered Species Act is our greatest safeguard against extinction, and it's under attack right now. Animals can’t speak up to protect their own kind, but they can blep.”

noun

1. (Internet)The act of extending the tongue beyond the lips without opening the mouth fully.

   “We found out why cats do this and collated some of our favorite blep moments.”

   “The social media site is a sprawling series of discussion boards, ranging from deep debates on sociological theory to pictures of cats with their tongues half out (a “blep”).”

   “Millennials' love for their pups is so intense, it's spawned its own language. Us hoomans chase our heckin floofers, iPhones in hand, snapping pics of their snoots and bleps to share with frens, posting with captions about the goodest boy in the world.”