He listened but his mind heard only words and blipped out meanings.
The screen blipped out as the connection was terminated.... A few seconds passed before the screen again blipped to life.
The little “blip” sound that happens when a balloon is shot down becomes a duet with the player. “Blip” “Damn!” “Blip” “Damn!”.
As a cell moves through the aperture it causes a blip (a brief change) in the voltage when the nonconductive cell briefly displaces the conductive medium.