Ping

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  • noun. A sharp, high-pitched sound, as that made by a bullet striking metal.
  • noun. A protocol that sends a message to another computer and waits for acknowledgment, often used to check if another computer on a network is reachable.
  • noun. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To make a sharp, high-pitched, metallic sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To produce a sound like that of a rifle-bullet whistling through the air.
  • noun. The whistling sound made by a bullet, as from a rifle, in passing through the air.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
  • intransitive verb. To make the sound called ping.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
  • noun. A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
  • noun. A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
  • noun. An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
  • verb. To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
  • verb. To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
  • verb. To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
  • verb. To ping and receive an acknowledgement.
  • verb. To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
  • verb. To flick.
  • verb. To bounce.
  • verb. To cause something to bounce.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. hit with a pinging noise
  • noun. a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
  • verb. contact, usually in order to remind of something
  • noun. a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
  • verb. make a short high-pitched sound
  • verb. send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
  • verb. sound like a car engine that is firing too early
  • Word Usage
    "Here, on the terrace where I sit, and where ladies in needlessly costly robes are promenading up and down to exhibit their superfluous wealth ostentatiously to one another, my ear is continuously assailed by the constant _ping, ping, ping_ of the pigeon-shooting, and my peace disturbed by the flapping death-agonies of those miserable victims."
    cross-reference
    ACK  beep  heartbeat  peep  ping pong  
    Form
    pinged  pinging  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beijing  Bing  Chongqing  Ging  Jing  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clang  clink  ipconfig  netstat  patter  
    verb-form
    pinged  pinging  pings