blip has definitions from the field of telecommunications
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[ noun ] a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption

Examples

"the market had one bad blip today" "you can't react to the day-to-day blips" "renewed jitters in the wake of a blip in retail sales"

Related terms

shock

2
[ noun ] (telecommunications) a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface

Synonyms

pip radar_target

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