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⏸️ A brief interruption 📡 A spot on screen 💡 To flash briefly
to blip

to blip

3 4.9
To appear briefly on a screen or device
  • verb
  • /blɪp/
translation icon : parpadear
  • The light on the device blipped briefly before going out completely.
  • blipped on the screen
  • just blipped
  • blipped and flashed

So a lot of the things that these people knew just blipped out.

Examples

  • But no, it's just the weather report, the radar map blipping silently, showers in the Midwest.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • TOMS is a business that has become a movement, so much so that it's the first thought that blips into a student's mind when talking about socially conscious purchases.

    Blog text (29)

  • The screen blipped and died.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • His life-support machines blipping away.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • It is blipping red, just south of the Bowl.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • It blipped and fizzled quietly away by itself, even when nobody was playing it.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Kendra opens her eyes and sees her face on the screen, blipping into place in scenes with yachts and palaces.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • As the game started, the notifications blipped on the screen, indicating new messages from friends.

  • During the presentation, the projector blipped, flashing a bright spot of light for just a moment.

Synonyms

to flash
vsto blip
  • Literature
102 3.0

To appear for a very short time

is similarly brief but can be a small light or short sound on devices
to blink
vsto blip
49 2.0

To flash on and off quickly like a light

is a single quick appearance or disappearance rather than repeated on and off
to wink
vsto blip
13 2.5

To shine on and off quickly like a small light

is a single brief appearance rather than a repeated intermittent glow
to flick
vsto blip
  • UK
11 3.7

To go on and off quickly as a light or screen

is a single quick appearance rather than ongoing intermittent switching
to bleep
vsto blip
9 4.4

To make a short high sound with a device

is a brief event that can be either a sound or a small light
to strobe
vsto blip
2 5.4

To flash on and off quickly

is a short single appearance rather than continuous rapid pulsing lights

Antonyms

to remain
∞ 1.0

To stay in the same place or state and not change

How Brief

to blip
3 4.9
to blink
181 1.0
to flicker
60 3.6
to glimmer
12 3.9

Surface Forms

blip infinitive
blipped past
blipped past participle
blipping present participle
blips third person singular

Etymology

Blip comes from the quick sound or flash on old radar equipment that appeared for a moment, like a tiny 'beep'. So to blip is to appear or disappear very quickly, showing up only for a short time.