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

1. noun. The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
2. intransitive verb. To make the sound called ping.
3. noun. a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
4. noun. a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
5. verb. send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active

   "ping your machine in the office"

6. verb. contact, usually in order to remind of something

   "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing"

7. verb. hit with a pinging noise

   "The bugs pinged the lamp shade"

8. verb. make a short high-pitched sound

   "the bullet pinged when they struck the car"

9. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: knock, pink

Synonyms

knock, pink

Common word forms

pings, pinged, pinger, pinging

Words from these letters

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