Word Finder - ping

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A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

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My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.

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(submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.

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The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.

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A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.

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The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.

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An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

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I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.

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Latency.

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A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.

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(WMF jargon) A notification.

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

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My car was pinging until my last oil change.

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(submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.

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To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.

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I'm pinging their server.

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(by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.

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I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim.

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To flick.

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I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.

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To bounce.

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The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back.

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To cause something to bounce.

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To call out audibly.

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To penalize.

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