ping
ping
- n a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
- n a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
- v hit with a pinging noise
The bugs pinged the lamp shade - v sound like a car engine that is firing too early
the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline - v make a short high-pitched sound
the bullet pinged when they struck the car - v contact, usually in order to remind of something
I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing - v send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
ping your machine in the office
- Though the name of Mao Zedong still has resonance around the world, the man who has inherited the mantle of Chinese hero is Deng Xiaoping.
- Last week a challenge at ping-pong was given the formality of print.
- Original team members from the 1971 ping pong diplomacy event will face-off again today at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in southern California.