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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Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
For example, sometimes solar eruptions — blips of plasma that erupt from our star's surface — can break off and shoot into space.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
If emissions continue at their current trajectory, about one in twenty could blip out of existence.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Whether the rise is a blip or the beginning of a trend remains to be seen.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
For example, sometimes solar eruptions — blips of plasma that erupt from our star's surface — can break off and shoot into space.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
The radar blips were satellites; the alert was a false alarm.
—Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
If emissions continue at their current trajectory, about one in twenty could blip out of existence.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Blip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blip. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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