First Known Use: 1945
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1blip
noun \ˈblip\
: a bright dot on the screen of an electronic device (such as a radar)
: a very short high sound made by an electronic device
: something that is small or unimportant or that does not last a long time
Full Definition of BLIP
1
: a trace on a display screen (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>
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Origin of BLIP
imitative
2blip
verb
blippedblip·ping
Definition of BLIP
transitive verb
: to remove (recorded sound) from a recording so that there is an interruption of the sound in the reproduction <a censor blipped the swearwords>
First Known Use of BLIP
1968
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