Ping (short story)
WordNet
noun
(1) A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
(2) A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
verb
(3) Send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
"Ping your machine in the office"
(4) Contact, usually in order to remind of something
"I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing"
(5) Hit with a pinging noise
"The bugs pinged the lamp shade"
(6) Make a short high-pitched sound
"The bullet pinged when they struck the car"
(7) 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"
WiktionaryText
Interjection
ping!
- spoken when a person wants to give away on item - if another person says "pong", they will receive that item.
- Ping! Pong! Ha ha, it's a sweet wrapper!
Noun
- A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.
- A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
- The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.
- A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
- The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.
- An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
- I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.
Verb
- To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- My car was pinging until my last oil change.
- To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
- To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
- I'm pinging kremvax.
- The server pings its affiliates periodically.
- To ping and receive an acknowledgement.
- I can't ping kremvax.
- To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
- I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim.
- To flick.
- I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.
- To bounce.
- The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back.
- To cause something to bounce.
- "Ping the ball!"