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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



... land. "I wanted to," he said. "I wanted to most awfully.... I wanted to try it.... I thought perhaps it was the one thing.... Football's off for me, you know—and most other things.... Only diabolo left ... and ping-pong ... and jig-saw. I'm quite good at those ... but oh, I did want to be able to walk. ...
— The Lee Shore • Rose Macaulay
... horizon, making the trees and houses throw long streaks and patches of shadow of soft purple-blue, which is so peculiarly Australian, across the yellow dust of the roadway. The mosquitoes were beginning to leave their shelters, and occasionally, within the shadows, the ping-zing of their high-toned note could be heard as one drifted by the ear. The wood-fire smoke rose straight and steadily from kitchen chimneys, as the sticks, set alight to boil the billy for tea, gradually went out, and ...
— Colonial Born - A tale of the Queensland bush • G. Firth Scott
... the ping of the shop-bell, and Harry's call of 'Right!' But as he did not come in at once, Fanny, feeling solicitous for him presumably at the moment, rose and went into the shop. She saw a cart outside, and went ...
— England, My England • D.H. Lawrence
... the town and gotten away in safety toward the German lines. The explosions from the bombs were terrific and the flashes lit up the whole sky. We took refuge behind trees as shrapnel from our anti-aircraft guns rattled down in the roadway and the "ping" of machine-gun ...
— The Fight for the Argonne - Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man • William Benjamin West
... much concerned, but she had to continue to exhort them to desist. But Mrs. Chao proceeded with a long rigmarole until a servant was unexpectedly heard to report that lady Secunda had sent Miss Ping to deliver a message. Mrs. Chao caught the announcement, and eventually held her peace, when they espied P'ing erh making her appearance. Mrs. Chao hastily forced a saturnine smile, and motioned to her to take a seat. "Is your lady any better?" ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin


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