[blip] 
noun, verb, blipped, blip⋅ping.| 1. | Also called pip. Electronics.
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| 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. | Movies. 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. |
| 8. | Informal. to move or proceed in short, irregular, jerking movements: The stock market has blipped one point higher this week. |
| 9. | bleep (def. 5). |
[bleep] | 1. | a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device. |
| 2. | such an electronic sound used to replace a censored word or phrase, as on a television broadcast. |
| 3. | Also, blip. (used as a euphemism to indicate the omission or deletion of an obscenity or other objectionable word). |
| 4. | (of an electronic device) to emit a series of bleeps as an audible signal, summons, or warning. |
| 5. | Also, blip. to censor (an obscene, vulgar, or other objectionable word or phrase) from a radio or television broadcast by deleting from the audio signal, leaving a gap or an electronic tone: The word was bleeped out of the comedian's routine. |
| blip (blĭp) n.
To bleep. [Imitative.] |
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