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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024blip•ping (blip′ing),USA pronunciation adj. - bleeping.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024blip /blɪp/USA pronunciation n., v., blipped, blip•ping. n. [countable] - Electronicsa spot of light on a display screen, esp. one on a radar screen indicating the position of an aircraft:The radar operators lost the blip they were tracking.
- a brief interruption in a sound recording or video film:kept hearing little blips as our voices and pictures were distorted.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024blip (blip),USA pronunciation n., v., blipped, blip•ping. n. - ElectronicsAlso called pip.
- 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.
- Businessa brief upturn, as in revenue or income:The midwinter blip was no cause for optimism among store owners.
- anything small, as in amount or number:a blip of light; Those opposed were merely a blip in the opinion polls.
- bleep (def. 3).
- Slang Termsa nickel;
five cents. - Cinema, Show Business[Motion Pictures.]a mark of synchronization on a sound track.
- a small or brief interruption, as in the continuity of a motion-picture film or the supply of light or electricity:There were blips in the TV film where the commercials had been edited out.
v.i. - Informal Termsto move or proceed in short, irregular, jerking movements:The stock market has blipped one point higher this week.
v.t. - Show Businessbleep (def. 5).
- 1890–95, for an earlier sense; sound symbolism, with p for brevity and abrupt end of the impulse; bl- perh. from blink
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: blip /blɪp/ n - a repetitive sound, such as that produced by an electronic device, by dripping water, etc
- Also called: pip the spot of light or a sharply peaked pulse on a radar screen indicating the position of an object
- a temporary irregularity recorded in performance of something
vb (blips, blipping, blipped)- (intransitive) to produce such a noise
Etymology: 20th Century: of imitative origin |