The next day, Gawker, InTouch, and other U.S. outlets picked up the story, but the Cosby story was still only a blip on Twitter.
Was the increased Latino support for Republicans a blip or trend line?
Can anyone show the “blip” where PEDs are supposed to have helped Alex Rodriguez?
The early scandal, but really it was a blip of gossip with half-hearted twangs, was that Sonja had a younger beau.
The passenger-rail behemoth sucks up more taxpayer dollars than ever, and its ridership gains are merely a blip.
There was the blip of the leading ship, the "point" of the formation.
"Picked up a blip on the radar, Captain," replied the radar officer.
When we find it, the blip on the scope will stand out very plainly.
Let me know the minute you get a blip, because it probably will be that Consops cruiser.
He sat at the main screen, and studied the blip, making tiny crayon marks.
1894, in reference to a kind of popping sound, of echoic origin. Radar screen sense is from 1945. As a verb from 1924. Related: Blipped; blipping.
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[most senses fr earlier blip, ''a sharp blow or twitch'']