PING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ping mean? 

• PING (noun)
  The noun PING has 2 senses:

1. a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya

2. a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

  Familiarity information: PING used as a noun is rare.

• PING (verb)
  The verb PING has 5 senses:

1. hit with a pinging noise

2. sound like a car engine that is firing too early

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

  Familiarity information: PING used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Ping; Ping River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Ping" is a part of...):

Kingdom of Thailand; Siam; Thailand (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("ping" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

ping (hit with a pinging noise)

ping (make a short high-pitched sound)

ping (sound like a car engine that is firing too early)

• PING (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ping    ... he / she / it pings   
Past simple: pinged   
Past participle: pinged   
-ing form: pinging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hit with a pinging noise

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The bugs pinged the lamp shade

Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

ping (a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sound like a car engine that is firing too early

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

knock; ping; pink

Context example:

The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded

Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ping (a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a short high-pitched sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

the bullet pinged when they struck the car

Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ping (a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Contact, usually in order to remind of something

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing

Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):

contact; get hold of; get through; reach (be in or establish communication with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

ping your machine in the office

Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):

contact; get hold of; get through; reach (be in or establish communication with)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

RPWS detected the hits of hundreds of ring particles per second when it crossed the ring plane just outside of Saturn's main rings, but only detected a few pings on April 26.

(Cassini Finds 'The Big Empty' Close to Saturn, NASA)