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How to pronounce “ping”
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Pronunciation guide for ping
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ping with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Roving & Drilling in Mars on Earth
So using the laser to ping it, in effect,
- Definition summary
- A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce ping
Roving & Drilling in Mars on Earth
So using the laser to ping it, in effect,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “ping”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
- (networking) A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
- (text messaging, Internet) An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
- (networking) Latency.
- (video games) A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
- (Wikimedia jargon) A notification.
- [Verb]
- To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
- (networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
- (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
- (colloquial) To flick.
- (colloquial, intransitive) To bounce.
- (colloquial, sports, transitive) To cause something to bounce.
- (colloquial, sports) To call out audibly.
- (Australia, colloquial) To penalize.
- (ambitransitive, LGBTQ, slang) To trigger a person's gaydar; to look or act obviously homosexual.
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