/blip/ , n. , v. , blipped, blipping .
n.
1. Also called pip . Electronics.
a. a spot of light on a radar screen indicating the position of a plane, submarine, or other object.
b. (loosely) any small spot of light on a display screen.
2. a brief upturn, as in revenue or income: The midwinter blip was no cause for optimism among store owners.
3. anything small, as in amount or number: a blip of light; Those opposed were merely a blip in the opinion polls.
4. bleep (def. 3).
5. Slang. a nickel; five cents.
6. Motion Pictures. a mark of synchronization on a sound track.
7. a small or brief interruption, as in the continuity of a motion-picture film or the supply of light or electricity: There were blips in the TV film where the commercials had been edited out.
v.i.
8. Informal. to move or proceed in short, irregular, jerking movements: The stock market has blipped one point higher this week.
v.t.
9. bleep (def. 5).
[ 1890-95, for an earlier sense; sound symbolism, with p for brevity and abrupt end of the impulse; bl- perh. from BLINK ]