English
ping
see also: Ping
Pronunciation
  • (British, America) IPA: /pɪŋ/
Noun

ping (plural pings)

  1. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
    My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.
  2. (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
    The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.
  3. (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
    The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.
  4. (text messaging, Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
    I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.
  5. (networking) Latency.
    • 2000 April 4, "CaPRubberchecks" (username), Low-Ping servers...YIKES! in alt.games.starsiege.tribes, Usenet
    • 2000 November 8, "the_mad...@my-deja.com", HL DM with a low ping......., in alt.games.half-life, Usenet:
      "You low ping c**t, you only win cos of your ping!"
      > > And other such insights into why I was winning.
    • 2001 August 2, Asha, high ping in cs low ping outside cs??, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike, Usenet
    • 2002 June 24, "drip" (username), Bandwidth - Lagtime, in alt.games.unreal.tournament, Usenet:
      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 […]
  6. (video games) A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
  7. (WMF jargon) A notification.
Verb

ping (pings, present participle pinging; past and past participle pinged)

  1. To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
    My car was pinging until my last oil change.
  2. (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
  3. (networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
    I'm pinging their server.
    The server pings its affiliates periodically.
  4. (networking) To send a network packet to another host and receive an acknowledgement in return.
    I can't ping their server: perhaps it's been switched off.
  5. To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
    I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim.
  6. (colloquial) To flick.
    I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.
  7. (colloquial, sports, intransitive) To bounce.
    The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back.
  8. (colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.
  9. (colloquial, sports) To call out audibly.
  10. (WMF jargon) To send a notification to (another user) when commenting on a public page.
  11. (colloquial) To penalise.
    Gary Ablett was pinged for holding the ball and gave away a free kick.
Ping
Proper noun
  1. Surname
  2. A female given name.


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