ping

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English

Etymology

Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen (“to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge, feel remorse, incite”), from Old English pyngan (“to prick”), in turn likely from pungere. Compare English pang.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pĭng; IPA^(key): /pɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

ping (plural pings)

1. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

   Coordinate terms: beep, peep
2. (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.

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

   Coordinate terms: heartbeat, ACK

5. (text messaging, Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

6. (networking) Latency.
7. (video games) A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
8. (Wikimedia jargon) A notification.

Related terms

Translations

Verb

ping (third-person singular simple present pings, present participle pinging, simple past pinged or (nonstandard) pang, past participle pinged or (nonstandard) pung)

1. To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
2. (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
4. (networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.

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

   Coordinate term: buzz
6. (colloquial) To flick.

7. (colloquial, sports, intransitive) To bounce.

8. (colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.
9. (colloquial, sports) To call out audibly.
10. (colloquial) To penalize.

11. (ambitransitive, LGBTQ, slang) To trigger a person's gaydar; to look or act obviously homosexual.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• NigP

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• pingu

Etymology

Probably from Latin impingō, with the loss of the initial prefix, or from a root *pingō instead of pangō. Compare Daco-Romanian împinge, împing.

Verb

ping first-singular present indicative (past participle pimte)

1. to push

Related terms

• pindzeri
• pimt
• pimsh

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English ping.

Pronunciation

Verb

ping

1. (transitive, networking) to ping

   ping不通網關／ping不通网关  ―  ping bù tōng wǎngguān  ―  failed to ping the gateway

Noun

ping

1. (video games) latency

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English ping.

Noun

ping m (plural pings)

1. ping

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese piṅ.

Determiner

ping

1. times

Mandarin

Romanization

ping

1. nonstandard spelling of pīng
2. nonstandard spelling of píng
3. nonstandard spelling of pǐng
4. nonstandard spelling of pìng

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinɡ/ [ˈpĩŋɡ]
  • Rhymes: -inɡ
• IPA^(key): /ˈpin/ [ˈpĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ping

Noun

ping m (plural pings)

1. ping

Turkish

Etymology

From English ping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piɲɟ/

Noun

ping (definite accusative pingi, plural pingler)

1. (networking) ping, latency

Declension