ping — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

   Beispiele

   My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.

   With a sudden ping, there was a rabbit there in the black labyrinth with him[.]

2. A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.

   Beispiele

   The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.

3. A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.

   Beispiele

   The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.

4. An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

   Gebrauch

   • Internet

   Beispiele

   I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.

5. Latency.

   Beispiele

   "You low ping c**t, you only win cos of your ping!" > > And other such insights into why I was winning.

   Your best bet to negate lag is to go to a server using the zero ping mutator. This will compensate for your high ping when using a pistol, sniper or […]

6. A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.

7. A notification.

Verb

1. To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

   Beispiele

   My car was pinging until my last oil change.

   The microwave pinged. He forked the steak onto the plate and set the timer again.

2. To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.

3. To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.

   Beispiele

   I'm pinging their server.

   The server pings its affiliates periodically.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   Just because you cannot ping a server or telnet to it does not mean that the server is down or inaccessible.

4. To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.

   Gebrauch

   • broadly

   Beispiele

   I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim.

   If any deeper etymology is required, Arthur, don't ping me; I'll ping you.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   If certain attendees don't actively participate and that's a surprise to you, ping them an email or private chat message and ask what's happening for them.

5. To flick.

   Gebrauch

   • umgangssprachlich

   Beispiele

   I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.

6. To bounce.

   Gebrauch

   • umgangssprachlich
   • intransitiv

   Beispiele

   The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back.

   At that moment a rifle cracked. The bullet pinged against the railings and whirred off on a ricochet.

7. To cause something to bounce.

   Gebrauch

   • umgangssprachlich
   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   Charging through the Bolton midfield to find a free moment, Essien then pinged the ball into the space into which Drogba was intelligently running.

8. To call out audibly.

   Gebrauch

   • umgangssprachlich

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   However, after an inside pass from Moody to Tom Croft and a surge from the England blind-side, number eight James Haskell was eventually pinged from in front of the posts for not releasing.

9. To penalize.

   Gebrauch

   • Australia
   • umgangssprachlich

   Beispiele

   Gary Ablett was pinged for holding the ball and gave away a free kick.

10. To trigger a person's gaydar; to look or act obviously homosexual.

    Gebrauch

    • transitiv oder intransitiv
    • Slang

    Beispiele

    Bob has two kids, but he really pings.

    Plus, he pings her gaydar big time, although there's nothing obvious about it in his comportment.

Substantiv

1. a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

   Oberbegriffe

   sound

Verb

1. hit with a pinging noise

   Oberbegriffe

   hitstrikeimpinge onrun intocollide with

   Beispiele

   The bugs pinged the lamp shade

2. sound like a car engine that is firing too early

   Synonyme

   pinkknock

   Oberbegriffe

   soundgo

   Beispiele

   the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline

   The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded

3. make a short high-pitched sound

   Oberbegriffe

   soundgo

   Beispiele

   the bullet pinged when they struck the car

4. contact, usually in order to remind of something

   Oberbegriffe

   reachget throughget hold ofcontact

   Beispiele

   I'll ping my accountant — April 15 is nearing

5. send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active

   Oberbegriffe

   reachget throughget hold ofcontact

   Beispiele

   ping your machine in the office