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  1. noun A spot of light on a radar or sonar screen indicating the position of a detected object, such as an aircraft or a submarine. Also called pip3.
  2. noun A high-pitched electronic sound; a bleep.
  3. noun A transient sharp upward or downward movement, as on a graph.
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  • Blip, blip, blip -- test drive the new '58 Chevy, Ford, Rambler, et fucking a!. —  Hollywood Nocturne
  • Mitchell had taken his American Express card out and slapped it on the table next to the two lines of Sweet'n'Low and he looked at me with such vehemence that I felt like a blip, a fart, in the course of his life. —  The Rules of Attraction
  • Let's suppose that the initial position of our blip is anywhere on this circle - the bearing doesn't matter. —  The Ghost from the Grand Banks
  • Just hours earlier the skills minister, Sion Simon, had publicly explained on BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the blip was a question of demand outstripping supply. —  Latest education news, including the university guide 2010, RAE results, higher and schools news, schools tables and further education | guardian.co.uk
  • Blip, blip, blip -- beaucoup test patterns. —  Hollywood Nocturne
 

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