Word

ping, v.
(pinged, pinging, pings)
freq. cnt. 1

hit with a pinging noise
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ping

sample sentences

"The bugs pinged the lamp shade"

verb frames

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ping

semantic pointers

hypernym

hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with

send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
<verb.communication>

ping

sample sentences

"ping your machine in the office"

verb frames

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

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

computer science, computing

hypernym

reach, contact, get through, get hold of

contact, usually in order to remind of something
<verb.communication>

ping

sample sentences

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

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

reach, contact, get through, get hold of

make a short high-pitched sound
<verb.perception>

ping

sample sentences

"the bullet pinged when they struck the car"

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ping

semantic pointers

hypernym

sound, go

sound like a car engine that is firing too early
<verb.perception>

knock ping pink

sample sentences

"the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"
"The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"

verb frames

Something ----s

verb frames

Something ----s

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ping

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

knocking knock

semantic pointers

hypernym

sound, go