name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
ping
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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pĭng
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/pɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: P IH1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A female given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 3
A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.
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noun
Meaning 4
A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: submarine navigation
Examples
- The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.
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noun
Meaning 5
A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.
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noun
Meaning 6
An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Examples
- I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.
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noun
Meaning 7
Latency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 9
A notification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 10
To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- My car was pinging until my last oil change.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 11
To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: submarine navigation
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verb
Meaning 12
To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- I'm pinging their server.
- The server pings its affiliates periodically.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Examples
- I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim.
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verb
Meaning 14
To flick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Examples
- I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 15
To bounce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, intransitive
Examples
- The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back.
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verb
Meaning 16
To cause something to bounce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, transitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 17
To call out audibly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 18
To penalize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, colloquial
Examples
- Gary Ablett was pinged for holding the ball and gave away a free kick.
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verb
Meaning 19
To trigger a person's gaydar; to look or act obviously homosexual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, slang
Examples
- Bob has two kids, but he really pings.
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noun
Meaning 20
a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: sound
noun
Meaning 21
a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ping River
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: river
verb
Meaning 22
send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ping your machine in the office
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reach, get through, get hold of, contact
verb
Meaning 23
contact, usually in order to remind of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reach, get through, get hold of, contact
verb
Meaning 24
hit with a pinging noise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The bugs pinged the lamp shade
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
verb
Meaning 25
make a short high-pitched sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the bullet pinged when they struck the car
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound, go
verb
Meaning 26
sound like a car engine that is firing too early
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline
- The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pink, knock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound, go
History
Etymology
Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen (“to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge, feel remorse, incite”), from Old English pyngan (“to prick”), in turn likely from pungere. Compare English pang.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: свистене (svistene) — a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound
- Czech: cinknutí — a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound
- Finnish: kilahdus — a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound
- Galician: ping — a packet which a remote host is expected to echo
- Hungarian: ping — a packet which a remote host is expected to echo
- Marathi: पिंग (piṅga) — a packet which a remote host is expected to echo
- Persian: پینگ (ping) — a packet which a remote host is expected to echo
- Spanish: ping — a packet which a remote host is expected to echo
- Finnish: kilahdus — an email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement
- Bulgarian: свистя (svistja) — to make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound
- Czech: cinknout — to make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound
- Finnish: kilahtaa — to make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound
- Finnish: kaikuluodata — to emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects
- Catalan: pinguejar — to send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present
- Chinese Mandarin: ping — to send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present
- Dutch: pingen — to send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present
- Finnish: pingata — to send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present
- German: pingen — to send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present
- Hungarian: pingel — to send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present
- Hungarian: megpingel — to send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response
- Hungarian: ráír — to send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response
- Hungarian: ráüzen — to send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response
- Czech: cvrnknout — to flick
- Finnish: näpäyttää — to flick
- Bulgarian: отскачам (otskačam) — to bounce
- Finnish: kimmota — to bounce
- Finnish: kimmottaa — to cause something to bounce