Pronunciations (2)
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/pɪŋ/
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pɪŋ
Noun
A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
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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[.]
A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
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The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.
A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
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The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.
An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
Usage- Internet
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I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.
Latency.
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"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 […]
A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
A notification.
Verb
To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
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My car was pinging until my last oil change.
The microwave pinged. He forked the steak onto the plate and set the timer again.
To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
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I'm pinging their server.
The server pings its affiliates periodically.
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Just because you cannot ping a server or telnet to it does not mean that the server is down or inaccessible.
To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
Usage- broadly
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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.
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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.
To flick.
Usage- Colloquial
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I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.
To bounce.
Usage- Colloquial
- Intransitive
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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.
To cause something to bounce.
Usage- Colloquial
- Transitive
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Charging through the Bolton midfield to find a free moment, Essien then pinged the ball into the space into which Drogba was intelligently running.
To call out audibly.
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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.
To penalize.
Usage- Australia
- Colloquial
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Gary Ablett was pinged for holding the ball and gave away a free kick.
To trigger a person's gaydar; to look or act obviously homosexual.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
- Slang
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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.
Noun
a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
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Verb
hit with a pinging noise
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The bugs pinged the lamp shade
sound like a car engine that is firing too early
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the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline
The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded
make a short high-pitched sound
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the bullet pinged when they struck the car
contact, usually in order to remind of something
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I'll ping my accountant — April 15 is nearing
send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
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ping your machine in the office