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PING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ping" is a kind of...):
sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)
Derivation:
ping (hit with a pinging noise)
ping (make a short high-pitched sound)
ping (sound like a car engine that is firing too early)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
Synonyms:
Ping; Ping River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Ping" is a part of...):
Kingdom of Thailand; Siam; Thailand (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ping ... he / she / it pings
Past simple: pinged
Past participle: pinged
-ing form: pinging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
Example:
ping your machine in the office
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):
contact; get hold of; get through; reach (be in or establish communication with)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Contact, usually in order to remind of something
Example:
I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):
contact; get hold of; get through; reach (be in or establish communication with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Hit with a pinging noise
Example:
The bugs pinged the lamp shade
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):
collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
ping (a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Make a short high-pitched sound
Example:
the bullet pinged when they struck the car
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
ping (a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal))
Sense 5
Meaning:
Sound like a car engine that is firing too early
Example:
The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
ping (a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal))
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