BLIP


Meaning of BLIP in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .