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PING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("ping" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

ping (hit with a pinging noise)

ping (make a short high-pitched sound)

ping (sound like a car engine that is firing too early)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya

Synonyms:

Ping; Ping River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Ping" is a part of...):

Kingdom of Thailand; Siam; Thailand (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active

Example:

ping your machine in the office

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):

contact; get hold of; get through; reach (be in or establish communication with)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Contact, usually in order to remind of something

Example:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):

contact; get hold of; get through; reach (be in or establish communication with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Hit with a pinging noise

Example:

The bugs pinged the lamp shade

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

ping (a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make a short high-pitched sound

Example:

the bullet pinged when they struck the car

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ping (a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Sound like a car engine that is firing too early

Example:

The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded

Synonyms:

knock; ping; pink

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "ping" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ping (a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal))

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