Definitions for blip

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Spelling: [blip]

IPA: /blɪp/

Blip is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in blip (bilp).

Definitions for blip

noun

1. Also called pip. Electronics. a spot of light on a radar screen indicating the position of a plane, submarine, or other object. (loosely) any small spot of light on a display screen.
2. a brief upturn, as in revenue or income:
3. anything small, as in amount or number:
4. bleep (def 3).
5. Slang. a nickel; five cents.
6. Movies. a mark of synchronization on a sound track.
7. a small or brief interruption, as in the continuity of a motion-picture film or the supply of light or electricity:

verb (used with object)

1. bleep (def 5).

verb (used without object)

1. Informal. to move or proceed in short, irregular, jerking movements:

Origin of blip

1890-95, for an earlier sense; sound symbolism, with p for brevity and abrupt end of the impulse; bl- perhaps from blink

Examples for blip

The passenger-rail behemoth sucks up more taxpayer dollars than ever, and its ridership gains are merely a blip.

When we find it, the blip on the scope will stand out very plainly.

Can anyone show the “blip” where PEDs are supposed to have helped Alex Rodriguez?

There was the blip of the leading ship, the "point" of the formation.

The next day, Gawker, InTouch, and other U.S. outlets picked up the story, but the Cosby story was still only a blip on Twitter.

He sat at the main screen, and studied the blip, making tiny crayon marks.

Was the increased Latino support for Republicans a blip or trend line?

The early scandal, but really it was a blip of gossip with half-hearted twangs, was that Sonja had a younger beau.

"Picked up a blip on the radar, Captain," replied the radar officer.

Let me know the minute you get a blip, because it probably will be that Consops cruiser.