blip

verb

Definition of blipnext
as in to clip

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Recent Examples of blip Once upon a time, this decision would have been an 11th hour save—but in 2025 markets barely blipped. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025 Chen’s set, interweaved throughout several episodes, goes fine — it’s hit and miss (there are also probably some translation blips that disservice the wording). — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025 Luckily, Nan finds the correct disk just in time to save the crew from getting blipped from existence, and Walton gets the fatal-content-error screen that indicates the game has been deleted from the server entirely. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025 The radar blips were satellites; the alert was a false alarm. — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025 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
  • Isolating Suzuki’s line-breaking passes demonstrates a tendency to clip the ball out towards the left wing.
    — Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • His short-form video content and public appearances produced a plethora of footage that could easily be clipped, repurposed and remixed, into preexisting memes and trending audios.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 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
  • These benefits and opportunities are currently under threat of being dismantled and erased by Belgium’s current right-wing government.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • And many may be counting on the step-up in basis after death to erase the tax.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 11 Sep. 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 work’s profound effect on the world that came after it…has been so far-reaching as to obliterate any possibility of seeing or hearing it afresh.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • For instance, one of Kennedy’s first actions as health secretary last year was to obliterate an ad campaign for flu shots amid a particularly deadly flu season.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of obliterate
Verb
  • Kiju took a deep breath and removed her hand from between his.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Manchester City revenues derived from UEFA reports, adjusted to remove 'other operating income' and converted from GBP to EUR at prevailing rate.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of remove
Verb
  • Those shots blotted out what had been an inspiriting effort by the Valkyries’ bench unit.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Those in the eclipse's path were treated to an incredible display as the moon completely blotted out the sun and revealed its outermost layer, which for a few minutes appeared as a striking glowing ring.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of blot out
Verb
  • The team has eradicated every invasive casuarina pine, the Australian import whose needles poison the native plants beneath it, along with invasive sea grapes that chew up the dunes.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Screwworm had been considered eradicated from the US, Mexico and most of Central America decades ago.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of eradicate

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“Blip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blip. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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