blips in English

noun

1

a short high-pitched sound made by an electronic device.

He's got the groove going and he paces his compilations like an expert DJ, but his blips and bleeps sound awfully derivative.

2

a flashing point of light on a radar screen representing an object, typically accompanied by a high-pitched sound.

A bunch of ‘wacky’ characters watch blips on a radar screen.

3

an unexpected, minor, and typically temporary deviation from a general trend.

an upward blip in house prices

verb

1

(of an electronic device) make a short high-pitched sound or succession of sounds.

At the touch of a button one of the blank monitors blipped to life, displaying a scene that was being picked up by a hidden remote camera.

2

open (the throttle of a motor vehicle) momentarily.

You can't even stall it, as the car can cruise round town in sixth gear from just 500 revs and will blip the throttle for you.

noun

pip

Use "blips" in a sentence

1. Blood-Grips, Blips.

2. Those little blips are my life's work.

3. Isolated Blips are not considered a sign of virologic failure.

4. Bodie glanced up, but all he could see were the same madly flickering lines, and slowly moving blips.

5. Interest rates generally have been declining since last spring, despite a few upward blips in recent weeks.

6. You will recognise them for no more or less than temporary blips on a radar screen of satisfaction.

7. Some scholars say it will be regarded as only the slightest of blips on the radar screen of history.

8. Blip-Ups and Wall Blips can be performed repeatedly on the same setup to gain more and more height

9. We steamed down to Con Son Island and we could see on the radar display that there were a lot of blips.

10. With no virtual beads, ornate embellishments, beeps, or blips, Chaplets and Rosary is designed to be simple, beautiful, and unobtrusive so you can focus on prayer and not the app itself

11. ‘The realtor said the difference between the two areas was probably just an Aberration.’ ‘That was an Aberration, one of those ironic blips that sport throws up from time to time.’ ‘This wasn't an Aberration - last year was the Aberration.’

12. ‘A Blip sounded off signaling the entry of an intruder.’ ‘Then a small Blip of sound came from the screen and Lucas pulled back.’ ‘To see him pull off all the Blips, bleeps, loops, and hisses using only his vocal cords is definitely something special.’

13. A repetitive sound, such as that produced by an electronic device, by dripping water, etc Also called: pip the spot of light or a sharply peaked pulse on a radar screen indicating the position of an object a temporary irregularity recorded in performance of something verb blips, Blipping …

14. Garret Kamps from Spin gave the song a positive review, calling it a "massively enjoyable, massively concussive collection of blips and bursts that sounds like something Moby might hear in his head during a heart attack, so thoroughly and dyspeptically is dubstep's characteristic bass wobble distorted and pushed into the red.