Definitions for pings

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IPA: /pɪŋ/

Pings is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in pings (ginps).

Definitions for pings

noun

1. a pinging sound.
2. an infrasonic or ultrasonic sound wave created by sonar in echolocation.
3. an acoustic signal transmitted to indicate a location:
4. Computers. an echo-request and echo-reply protocol that tests a connection online or in a network by sending a packet to a host IP address and measuring the round-trip speed of data transfer.
5. one of the possible sounds made by an electronic or mobile device to signal the receipt of data, as a phone or text message.

verb (used with object)

1. Computers. to send an echo-request packet to (an IP address) and use the echo reply to determine whether another computer on the network is operational and the speed at which the data is being transferred.
2. to make contact with (someone) by sending a brief electronic message, as a text message:

verb (used without object)

1. to produce a sharp sound like that of a bullet striking a sheet of metal.

Origin of pings

First recorded in 1850-55; imitative

Examples for pings

Air marshal Houston was careful to make it clear that, however encouraging, the ping detections were not in itself enough.

For some hours after all other communications stopped, the airplane was sending a “ping” recording its presence to a satellite.

When he had been there about ten minutes ping Wang joined him.

And the sport chosen to cover such devastation was ping pong.

Soon he saw that ping Wang, if left to himself, would be drowned.

ping Wang, shall we have any difficulty in obtaining food to-morrow?'

A second “ping” then put the phone in the vicinity of a shopping center in Kissimmee.

Pippa issued a challenge to the London mayor in a column today to play her at ping Pong and he has accepted.

ping Wang made no reply but gazed at Charlie in astonishment.

And did he hear a ping just at that instant, feel the ship vibrate for a second?