an unexpected, minor, and typically temporary deviation from a general trend
the Chancellor dismissed rising inflation as a blip
a very short high-pitched sound made by an electronic device
computer games can drive you crazy with their blips and bleeps
(of an electronic device) make a very short high-pitched sound or succession of sounds
big boxes of esoteric electronics hummed and blipped
open (the throttle of a motor vehicle) momentarily
he straddled the bike and blipped the throttle