PING

ping

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

Ping, Ping River

(noun) a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya

ping

(verb) send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active; “ping your machine in the office”

ping

(verb) contact, usually in order to remind of something; “I’ll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing”

ping

(verb) hit with a pinging noise; “The bugs pinged the lamp shade”

ping

(verb) make a short high-pitched sound; “the bullet pinged when they struck the car”

pink, ping, knock

(verb) sound like a car engine that is firing too early; “the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline”; “The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ping (plural pings)

A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

Coordinate terms: beep, peep

(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.

Coordinate terms: heartbeat, ACK

(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.

(WMF jargon) A notification.

Verb

ping (third-person singular simple present pings, present participle pinging, simple past and past participle pinged)

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.

Coordinate term: poll

(by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.

Coordinate term: buzz

(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.

Anagrams

• NigP

Proper noun

Ping (plural Pings)

A surname.

A female given name.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ping is the 10036th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3209 individuals. Ping is most common among White (61.89%), Asian/Pacific Islander (19.48%), and Hispanic/Latino (15.33%) individuals.

Anagrams

• NigP

Source: Wiktionary


Ping, n. Etym: [Probably of imitative origin.]

Definition: The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.

Ping, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinging.]

Definition: To make the sound called ping.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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