Meaning

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

    My car was pinging until my last oil change.

    make a short high-pitched sound

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

  3. 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.

    pingen

  4. (broadly)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.

    send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active

  5. (colloquial)To flick.

    I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.

  6. (colloquial, intransitive)To bounce.

    The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back.

  7. (colloquial, transitive)To cause something to bounce.

  8. (colloquial)To call out audibly.

  9. (Australia, colloquial)To penalize.

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

  10. (ambitransitive, slang)To trigger a person's gaydar; to look or act obviously homosexual.

    Bob has two kids, but he really pings.

Examples

30 sentences
  1. Tom and Mary are still playing ping pong.

    Том та Мері все ще грають у настільний теніс.

    ruТом и Мэри всё ещё играют в настольный теннис.

    deTom und Maria spielen noch immer Tischtennis.

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  2. Ping pong is also called table tennis.

    Пінг-понг також називають настільним тенісом.

    ruПинг-понг называют также настольным теннисом.

    dePingpong nennt man auch Tischtennis.

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  3. Tom and Mary played ping pong.

    ruТом и Мэри играли в пинг-понг.

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  4. How well can you play ping-pong?

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  5. Tom can't remember which ping-pong paddle is his.

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Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present:

Origin

Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen (“to push, shove, pierce,

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.

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Forms

pings, pinging, pinged, pinged
Base formping · to ping
3rd person singularpings
Present participlepinging
Past simplepinged
Past participlepinged

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyping
he, she, itpings

Past simpleLesson

all personspinged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pinged
he, she, ithas pinged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ping

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • sound like a car engine that is firing too early:pinkknock

Word family

7 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • ping pong
  • play ping pong
  • play ping

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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