ping
/pɪŋ/noun, verb1 syllable
Ping means: sound like a car engine that is firing too early.
Synonyms for ping3
What does ping mean?7
verb
sound like a car engine that is firing too early“the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline”
hit with a pinging noise“The bugs pinged the lamp shade”
make a short high-pitched sound“the bullet pinged when they struck the car”
contact, usually in order to remind of something“I'll ping my accountant — April 15 is nearing”
send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active“ping your machine in the office”
noun
a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with ping?18
two syllables
Ping in a sentence
- Ball games, such as basketball and ping-pong, are usually played indoors.unknown
- I'd like to play a game of ping-pong.unknown
- He is proud of never having been beaten in ping-pong.CK
- Our team is seeded in the ping-pong competition.trieuho
- I'd like to play ping pong nude again.rul
- Who at this school is the best at ping-pong?frpzzd
- Sami's last cellphone ping came from a cellphone tower in Cairo.OsoHombre
- In tennis and ping-pong backhand the hand is turned backwards in making the stroke.unknown
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of ping
as a noun
- plural
- pings
as a verb
- past tense
- pinged
- present participle
- pinging
- third-person singular
- pings
- past participle
- pinged