ping

«ping» in Mova's school dictionary: a short, high, ringing sound, like a bell or a phone alert — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a ping, pings); verb (ping, pings, pinged, pinging)

meaning for a pupil

1) A ping is a short, high, ringing sound, like a bell or a phone alert. tree →

2) To ping is to make that sound. tree →

3) (informal) To ping someone is to send them a quick message: ping me later. tree →

4) (computing) A ping is a test signal sent to check if a computer can be reached and how fast it answers. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: the microwave pings when food is ready; your phone pings with a message. In computing and games: low ping means a fast connection. In informal talk: «I'll ping you an email.»

examples

• The microwave pinged and the soup was hot. tree →
• My phone pinged with a message from Gran. tree →
• The bell gave a loud ping. tree →
• Ping me when you're home. tree →
• The game is slow because my ping is high. tree →
• A stone pinged against the window. tree →

note

Past: pinged. Informal for messaging. Related sound words: ding, beep, buzz. In UK sport and table tennis talk, «ping-pong» is table tennis.

In the corpora

• Sonar sends a ping and times the echo; sound travels about four times faster in water than in air.
• Ten minutes later his mum's phone pinged — the console account sends her an email for every download.
• Ping is a number showing how long data takes to travel; lower ping means less lag.
• You end up empty.» Connor stops jumping every time Ollie pings.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ping» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.