blip

verb

Definition of blipnext
as in to clip

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Recent Examples of blip The radar blips were satellites; the alert was a false alarm. — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025 If emissions continue at their current trajectory, about one in twenty could blip out of existence. — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024 Back to the Carrera T, and the latest 911 is fitted as standard with rear-wheel steering – this was an option on the previous T – along with a sports exhaust and a rev-matching function that blips the engine between downshifts. — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 Watching them blip along to the music is a fun retro touch. — Chris Haslam, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for blip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blip
  1. clip
  2. wipe out
  3. erase
  4. bleep
  5. obliterate
  6. remove
  7. blot out
  8. eradicate
Verb
  • Walk the rows, clip your favorites and take home a custom bouquet.
    — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
  • Teams can clip plays and submit them for review, but multiple sources told The Athletic that the system suffers from delays and produces little noticeable improvement from game to game.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of clip
Verb
  • The two once presented a live demo minutes after a computer cloud crash wiped out their materials, winning anyway after Andreou pitched the product entirely from memory.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead Saturday, prompting dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, with more significant rainfall on the way.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
Definition of wipe out
Verb
  • With the latest rally, the stock has erased its losses for the year and is now up more than 2%.
    — CJ Haddad, CNBC, 10 July 2026
  • But Barberena and Brody said the move this week by authorities went a step further, noting that those erased from the system were not just dissenters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of erase
Verb
  • The 2026 awards show censors failed to completely bleep out an F-bomb during Sunday's live show.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The club thought Beane was righteous and entertaining enough to feature his rant — that the Bills even had to bleep — at the very beginning of their behind-the-scenes draft special.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Definition of bleep
Verb
  • The gratuitous act obliterates both his self-image and his indecision, sparking not just a split with Irène but a total rupture with the social fabric of his present life.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • Near the speed of light, special relativity wreaks havoc on clocks and time, obliterating the concept of simultaneity among observers traveling at different speeds.
    — Peter Gosselin, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of obliterate
Verb
  • The directives also require the companies to remove, within 45 days, the millions of pounds of rotting food inside the warehouse.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • To manage operational heat, the hardware uses a thermal strategy that entirely removes mechanical components like fans or liquid pumps.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
Definition of remove
Verb
  • The sad fact of her victimization and her struggles in life can threaten to blot out the subtler, trickier elements of her magic.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • Only those Avs, the ones from five years earlier, didn’t have a big guy like him to win scrums, screen goalies, plow defensemen and blot out the sun.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 6 May 2026
Definition of blot out
Verb
  • However, a professional pest control company may be needed to eradicate them for good.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • There is also a ton of room here for AI and automation to better support credentialing teams in repetitive tasks and eradicate redundancy.
    — John Bou, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of eradicate

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“Blip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blip. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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