Dictionary Entry
ping
ping is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
- 2intransitive verb
To make the sound called ping.
- 3noun
a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
- 4noun
a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
- 5verb
send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
"ping your machine in the office"
- 6verb
contact, usually in order to remind of something
"I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing"
- 7verb
hit with a pinging noise
"The bugs pinged the lamp shade"
- 8verb
make a short high-pitched sound
"the bullet pinged when they struck the car"
- 9verb
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"
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