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blip

/blɪp/

verb

Meaning

  • To emit one or more bleeps.

    "The robot bleeped to acknowledge its new instructions."

  • To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps.

Synonyms

blip

noun

Meaning

  • 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.

  • An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.

verb

Meaning

  • To change state abruptly, such as between off and on or dark and light, sometimes implying motion.