BLIP

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


Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

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.

Verb

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



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