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blip
noun- a temporary effect, especially one that is unwanted UK, 1975
- But the loss was just a blip, and a 151-run stand for the second wicket took Pakistan to within two runs of victory[.] — BBC Sport, 30 November 2002
- Rise in CO2 is “blip” says minister [...] The environment minister, Elliot Morley, said: “This blip, although disappointing, was expected and does not knock us off the downward trend on emissions.” — The Guardian, 26 March 2004
- a minor fluctuation, usually upward, in the stock market or other measures of corporate fortunes US
- — Kathleen Odean, High Steppers, Fallen Angels, and Lollipops, p. 97, 1988
- The rise of Reese [Witherspoon] is explicable both as a blip (she’s a perky, funny, charming freak of nature) and as a trend: chick flicks are performing better than ever before. — The Times, 2 August 2003
- a source of surprise US
- You young New York Negroes is a blip! I swear you is! — Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, p. 330, 1947
- I lit the stick of pot. Damn, that whole scene was a blip. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 62, 1967
- a nickel (five-cent piece) US, 1935
- — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Talk Dictionary, p. 7, 1945
- Even before I was in the money I togged like a fashion plate, so I could run with the hip cats who hung around the poolroom. I was always as ready as they were, although sometimes I never had a blip in my poke. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 22, 1946
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