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Ping   /pɪŋ/   Listen
Ping

noun
1.
A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya.  Synonym: Ping River.
2.
A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal).
verb
(past & past part. pinged; pres. part. pinging)
1.
Hit with a pinging noise.
2.
Sound like a car engine that is firing too early.  Synonyms: knock, pink.  "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"
3.
Make a short high-pitched sound.
4.
Contact, usually in order to remind of something.
5.
Send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active.



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"Ping" Quotes from Famous Books



... of rifle fire answered the tattoo of the machine-gun, and the sharp ping of bullets striking on the dome could be plainly heard. An occasional shot kicked up a spurt of white dust from the concrete, but the machine-gun kept up a steady rattle of fire and the soldiers kept their heads almost at ...
— Astounding Stories, February, 1931 • Various
... "Ping!" went the bowstring. The arrow seemed to sing through the frosty air, and, a second later, the silence was broken by cheer after cheer. The apple lay upon the ground pierced right through ...
— Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) • Various
... on, kick, kick, Martin," said Hoodie, "gee-up-ping" on her footstool as if Martin was a lazy horse she was trying to ...
— Hoodie • Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth
... usefulness to the human race, had my share of thrills. I have asked a strong and busy porter, at Paddington, when the Brighton train started. I have gone for the broad-jump record in trying to avoid a motor-car. I have played Spillikins and Ping-Pong. But never again have I felt the excitement that used to wander athwart my moral backbone when I was put on to translate a passage containing a notorious crux and seventeen doubtful readings, with only that innate genius, which is the wonder of the civilized world, ...
— Tales of St. Austin's • P. G. Wodehouse
... a "ping!" on my chest. I scarcely realized what it was until I heard something drop the next instant in the stubble at my feet, and felt a smarting sensation as if a sharp blow had struck me. I bent down and from the stubble picked up ...
— Guy Garrick • Arthur B. Reeve


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