ping

About 1.79 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.

2. noun 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.

3. noun A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.

   The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.

4. noun An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

   I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.

5. noun Latency.
6. noun A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
7. noun A notification.
8. verb To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

   My car was pinging until my last oil change.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

Ping pinged pinging pings