HowPronounceIt
  1. Home
  2. How to pronounce
  3. blips

How to pronounce blips

Say it like BLIPS. Blips is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

VoiceSpeed

Click the play button next to American or British to hear how to pronounce blips. Choose Slow to hear each sound clearly.

US American/blɪps/BLIPS
UK British/blɪps/BLIPS
  • BLIPS
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Blips pronunciation, sound by sound

Read the parts left to right, then blend them together without pausing.

  1. BLIPSSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "i" in sit.

American vs British pronunciation of blips

American and British speakers say blips in essentially the same way: /blɪps/ in the US and /blɪps/ in the UK.

British respelling: BLIPS.

What does blips mean?

noun
  1. plural of blip How to pronounce blip
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blip How to pronounce blip

Words that rhyme with blips

Practicing rhymes is a quick way to lock in the vowel sound of blips.

Questions about saying blips

How do you pronounce blips?

Say BLIPS. The American pronunciation is /blɪps/. In British English it is /blɪps/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in blips?

Blips is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: BLIPS.

Do Americans and Brits say blips the same way?

Almost exactly. The American form is /blɪps/ and the British form is /blɪps/, so you can use either pronunciation with any listener.

Pronunciation from CMUdict; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).