1
: a trace on a display screen (such as an oscilloscope)
especially
: a spot on a radar screen
2
: a short crisp sound
3
: an interruption of the sound received in a radio or television program or occurring in a recording as a result of blipping
4
: a transient sharp movement up or down (as of a quantity commonly shown on a graph)
5
: something relatively small or inconsequential within a larger context
made only a blip on the political scene
blipped; blipping
: to remove (recorded sound) from a recording so that there is an interruption of the sound in the reproduction
a censor blipped the swear words
Examples of blip in a Sentence
Noun
The approaching ship appeared as a blip on the screen.
the blips, buzzes, and bleeps of a video game
The company's financial problems were just a temporary blip.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
Whether the polls were correct and the drift of Black men to Trump is real, a blip that won’t be seen on Election Day or an exaggerated media narrative is a question that may be best answered by these men, who have been in Georgia, Pennsylvania and other battleground states.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
Back to the Carrera T, and the latest 911 is fitted as standard with rear-wheel steering – this was an option on the previous T – along with a sports exhaust and a rev-matching function that blips the engine between downshifts.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Physicians preferred it for its lower risk, but to Clemons, those blips of relief never felt like enough.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
Whether the polls were correct and the drift of Black men to Trump is real, a blip that won’t be seen on Election Day or an exaggerated media narrative is a question that may be best answered by these men, who have been in Georgia, Pennsylvania and other battleground states.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
If emissions continue at their current trajectory, about one in twenty could blip out of existence.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
Back to the Carrera T, and the latest 911 is fitted as standard with rear-wheel steering – this was an option on the previous T – along with a sports exhaust and a rev-matching function that blips the engine between downshifts.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Blip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blip. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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