SkyfireDict

ping   (TTS Sound)

The noun ping has 2 senses

• Ping, Ping River -- (a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya)


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

The verb ping has 5 senses

• ping -- (hit with a pinging noise; "The bugs pinged the lamp shade")


• pink, ping, knock -- (sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded")


• ping -- (make a short high-pitched sound; "the bullet pinged when they struck the car")


• ping -- (contact, usually in order to remind of something; "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing")


• ping -- (send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active; "ping your machine in the office")