blip
/blɪp/noun, verb
blip is spelled B-L-I-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blip means “A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blip is blips.
How many letters and syllables are in blip?
| Letters | 4: B-L-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blip?
Blip appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blip?
- US /blɪp/
Blip has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-blip.ogg, En-au-blip.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blip?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blip from its last stressed vowel (/ɪp/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blip
- blips plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- blipping participle, present
- blipped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blip mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
- 2
A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.
- 3
A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.
- 4
An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.
verb
- 1
To make a short beep sound.
The door blipped as I showed my electronic identity card and passed through.
- 2
informalTo change state abruptly, such as between off and on or dark and light, sometimes implying motion.
- 3
Synonym of bleep (“to replace offending words in a broadcast recording with a tone”).
- 4
To apply the throttle briefly when downshifting, to provide a smoother gear transition and prevent wheelspin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blip in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does blip come from?
Onomatopoeic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).