blip

verb

Definition of blipnext
as in to clip

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Recent Examples of blip Again and again, followed by hard braking—courtesy of Wilwood—and a downshift or two after a bit of throttle blipping to rev match. — Michael Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Ever since Timothée Chalamet blipped onto the greater public’s radar with Call Me by Your Name in 2017, the young actor has proven to be versatile, charismatic, remarkably unselfconscious, and able to both amplify and weaponize his attractiveness (see: Lady Bird or, better yet, Bones and All). — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023 In Avengers: Infinity War, he got blipped (snapped? dusted?) with half of the world’s population after Thanos gained all six Infinity Stones. — Time, 22 June 2023 Shake that features a shimmery, blipping pop backdrop. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for blip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blip
  1. clip
  2. wipe out
  3. erase
  4. bleep
  5. obliterate
  6. remove
  7. blot out
  8. eradicate
Verb
  • The danger was obvious at Villa Park, but Justin did a better job of heading the danger away against Wolverhampton Wanderers at King Power Stadium just before Christmas… … until Wolves gathered up the second ball and Nelson Semedo clipped another high ball back into the box.
    — Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Also new for the season are leather goods, which range from sunglass carriers to pencil cases, all with the same D-shaped ring that allows them to be clipped onto a lanyard — for the sake of practicality as much as safety on the go.
    — Lily Templeton, WWD, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of clip
Verb
  • The rout extended a miserable month for markets that has seen all three major indexes wipe out their gains since the US presidential election in November.
    — John Towfighi, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
  • His total net worth is down $121 billion from its peak in December, when the company had a market capitalization well in excess of $1 trillion — the gains of a post-election rally wiped out entirely, with the stock price tumbling 38 percent just since Trump’s inauguration.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of wipe out
Verb
  • That’s the short list of what this state’s brilliant educational minds, who are clearly raising absolutely no teenage boys, expect to erase.
    — Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Time travel stories often feature grim themes of destruction and butterfly effect scenarios where even a single change can lead to disastrous outcomes (like Marty almost erasing himself from existence in Back to the Future).
    — Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of erase
Verb
  • The compact white bots with little orange flags and vaguely tortoise-like bodies will bleep-bloop food from participating businesses to locations within a small urban radius.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2022
  • International broadcasters get their own raw feed of the ceremony and must decide on their own whether to bleep — which is why unbleeped video from other countries soon appeared on social media, showcasing what really happened.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Mar. 2022
Definition of bleep
Verb
  • City Council members and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are calling the NYPD’s gang database a civil rights abomination that must be obliterated.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • For now, the important point is this: Much like a certain British prime minister long ago, an American vice president went to Munich to carry on about his idealism while breaking bread with those who would obliterate democratic ideals.
    — Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
Definition of obliterate
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  • Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Salinas, recently reshuffled several committee assignments, removing or reassigning Republican members.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Market research removes the guesswork and connects you directly with what your audience actually wants.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of remove
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  • At least eight people in Kansas and four people in Texas were killed in car crashes Friday when dust storms blotted out the sky and sent visibilities to near zero.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
  • However, few appreciate how dark the night sky gets when the light of a full moon is blotted out for a few hours.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of blot out
Verb
  • Measles is a disease that has been considered largely eradicated in the United states for more than 20 years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The president signed an executive order in January that would help eradicate DEI programs across the federal government, with Cabinet members carrying out the order in various ways.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of eradicate

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