blip
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5.3
- noun
- /blɪp/
- I mean, this whole high school thing's just a blip.
- a mere blip
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Watch on YouTubeSo we are a blip in the history of the Earth.
- So we are a blip in the history of the Earth.
- And we're just sort of a blip on the horizon.
- So like your whole semester, this is like a small blip in your semester perhaps.
- And this will then just be like a little blip that you had.
- So much so when there is this statistical blip on the radar, they stop to evaluate.
- There's anomalies, there's tiny enigmas, there's little weird blips.
- And Howard's Grove is kind of a, you know, a blip on the map.
- And I believe you should correct me if I'm mistaken, that the point there was that he was just going to be some sort of blip in history.
Examples
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As strange as it was, the Hills' incident was just an inexplicable blip on the UFO map of the decade.
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So we are a blip in the history of the Earth.
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And other than one little weird blip this morning, I am not concerned about anything.
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Their view is it's a temporary blip and things will go back to normal.
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This is just a blip.
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It's just a little blip.
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And we're just sort of a blip on the horizon.
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I know this seems pretty important right now... but someday it'll just be a blip.
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Android was a tiny blip on the radar until Samsung really threw their hat into the ring.
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After the temporary blip in the project's timeline, we were able to resume work smoothly.
Synonyms
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4.1
A break in the normal flow of activity
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9.9
A sudden end to something that is happening
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Etymology
Blip comes from the tiny light and short sound on early radar screens, a quick noise like 'beep' that marked something small and brief. So calling a problem a blip means it is only a short, unimportant interruption.