ping
IPA: pˈɪŋ
noun
- A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
- (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
- (text messaging, Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
- (networking) Latency.
- (video games) A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
- (Wikimedia jargon) A notification.
- A surname.
- A female given name.
verb
- To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
- (networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
- (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
- (colloquial) To flick.
- (colloquial, sports, intransitive) To bounce.
- (colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.
- (colloquial, sports) To call out audibly.
- (colloquial) To penalize.
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Examples of "ping" in Sentences
- The dog is scared of ping sound.
- Instruments made various ping sound.
- The clash of sticks made ping sound.
- The high ping is the result of the lag.
- People were surprised to hear ping sound.
- She heard the ping sound from the basement.
- All of a sudden, there was the sound of ping.
- The shorter the bar, the smaller the ping was.
- The principal tributary of the Ping is the Wang River.
- It is the main ancestral hall of the Tang clan of Ping Shan.