blip, pip, radar target
(noun) a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
blip
(noun) a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption; “the market had one bad blip today”; “you can’t react to the day-to-day blips”; “renewed jitters in the wake of a blip in retail sales”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Onomatopoeic.
blip (plural blips)
(electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.
(by extension) A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.
(internet, historical) An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.
blip (third-person singular simple present blips, present participle blipping, simple past and past participle blipped)
(intransitive, informal) To change state abruptly, such as between off and on or dark and light, sometimes implying motion.
(transitive) synonym of bleep
Source: Wiktionary
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
