English Dictionary

blip

/blɪp/

noun

(electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen. / A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.

I heard a blip on the radar.

意味（1）

(electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.

When the blip began to move up the oscilloscope screen, they followed again.

意味（2）

A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.

Blip..Blip..Blip..Blip / There was that annoying noise again. Anger entered my subconscious as the dream came to an abrupt end.

意味（3）

(by extension) A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.

There's a chance this is just a viral blip, an intermittent spike of low-level virus that just happens in people on successful HIV treatment.

意味（4）

(Internet, historical) An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.

When a participant has full access permissions to a wave, he or she can change the contents of all blips and reply within or after blips.