ping

Etymology

Definitions

1. 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.
   • With a sudden ping, there was a rabbit there in the black labyrinth with him[.]
2. 2

   A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby…

   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. 3

   A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.

   • The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.
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   1. 4

      An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

      • I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.
   2. 5

      Latency.

      • "You low ping c**t, you only win cos of your ping!" > > And other such insights into why I was winning.
   3. 6

      A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.

   4. 7

      A notification.

   5. 8

      To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

      • My car was pinging until my last oil change.
      • The microwave pinged. He forked the steak onto the plate and set the timer again.
   6. 9

      To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.

   7. 10

      To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of…

      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.
      • Just because you cannot ping a server or telnet to it does not mean that the server is down or inaccessible.
   8. 11

      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.
      • If any deeper etymology is required, Arthur, don't ping me; I'll ping you.
      • If certain attendees don't actively participate and that's a surprise to you, ping them an email or private chat message and ask what's happening for them.
   9. 12

      To flick.

      • I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.
   10. 13

       To bounce.

       • The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back.
       • At that moment a rifle cracked. The bullet pinged against the railings and whirred off on a ricochet.
   11. 14

       To cause something to bounce.

       • Charging through the Bolton midfield to find a free moment, Essien then pinged the ball into the space into which Drogba was intelligently running.
   12. 15

       To call out audibly.

       • However, after an inside pass from Moody to Tom Croft and a surge from the England blind-side, number eight James Haskell was eventually pinged from in front of the posts for not releasing.
   13. 16

       To penalize.

       • Gary Ablett was pinged for holding the ball and gave away a free kick.
   14. 17

       To trigger a person's gaydar

       To trigger a person's gaydar; to look or act obviously homosexual.

       • Bob has two kids, but he really pings.
       • Plus, he pings her gaydar big time, although there's nothing obvious about it in his comportment.
   15. 18

       A surname.

   16. 19

       A female given name.

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