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
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
