Definition of blip
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a trace on a display screen (such 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
blip
verbblipped; blipping
Definition of blip (Entry 2 of 2)
: to remove (recorded sound) from a recording so that there is an interruption of the sound in the reproduction
a censor blipped the swear words
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The first known use of blip was in 1945
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