Definition of a blip

blip    

noun

• a short amount of time.

  Because of the financial meltdown, my savings were gone in a blip.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a period of time.

  Last edited on Mar 02 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

• a cause for concern.

  It was just a minor blip on my road to success.

  • See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.

  Last edited on Sep 20 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 20 2012.

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clutch, the	Definitions include: a metaphorical place suggesting a difficult situation or period of time.
piece	Definitions include: a graffiti mural.
minute	Definitions include: a long period of time.
mo	Definitions include: "moment".
tick	Definitions include: a short amount of time.
sec	Definitions include: "second."
New York minute	Definitions include: a brief amount of time.
jiffy	Definitions include: a short amount of time.
sesh	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "session".
48	Definitions include: 48 hours, i.e. 2 days.
for days	Definitions include: for a long time.
trip	Definitions include: to take LSD.
face time	Definitions include: the potential of facilitating one's meeting of other people.
since Hector was a pup	Definitions include: for a long time.
buck	Definitions include: unattractive.
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Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem':
can of worms	Definitions include: something that has many difficult issues.
doozy	Definitions include: something especially bad.
kink	Definitions include: a small problem.
hit some bumps in the road	Definitions include: to encounter difficulties.
bear	Definitions include: a masculine homosexual male.
do (one's) head in	Definitions include: to greatly confuse a person.
put out fires	Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.)
hard-*ss	Definitions include: a stubborn person.
fight fires	Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.)
*ss out	Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
full on	Definitions include: fully; extraordinarily; powerfully.
SHTF	Definitions include: acronym for "shit hits the fan".
bump in the road	Definitions include: a hindrance in some quest or extended task.
unpossible	Definitions include: "impossible".
champagne problem	Definitions include: a problem that, in reality, demonstrates one's good fortune.
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head shake	Definitions include: a sign of disapproval.
old ball and chain, the	Definitions include: a significant other.
head top	Definitions include: head.
mess up	Definitions include: to severely injure.
souped-up	Definitions include: excited.
get the lead out	Definitions include: to move quickly.
to' up	Definitions include: messed up or ugly, uncool.
thot pocket	Definitions include: a thot.
finesser	Definitions include: a person or thing which finesses.
top-notch	Definitions include: Fine as hell, perfect body.

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