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Blip   /blɪp/   Listen
Blip

noun
1.
A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.  "You can't react to the day-to-day blips" , "Renewed jitters in the wake of a blip in retail sales"
2.
A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface.  Synonyms: pip, radar target.





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"Blip" Quotes from Famous Books



... the crystal port on the control deck and watched the rocket cruiser Polaris' stern glow red from her jets, and then quickly disappear into the vastness of space, visible only as a white blip on the ...
— Stand by for Mars! • Carey Rockwell
... to pursue the point, but there came an interruption. Both men turned abruptly as the stat-screen gave its warning blip. ...
— We're Friends, Now • Henry Hasse


Words linked to "Blip" :   shock, radar target, radar echo, blow


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