Ping

/pɪŋ/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
2. (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
3. (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
4. (text messaging, Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
5. (networking) Latency.
6. (video games) A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
7. (Wikimedia jargon) A notification.
8. To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

Example Sentences

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[.]

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

The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.

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

"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 […]

My car was pinging until my last oil change.

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• pings
• pinging
• pinged
• pang
• pung

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