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How to use ping in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Ping means a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. Example: “My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.”

Examples of ping by meaning

nounA high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

  • My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.

nounA 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.

nounA packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.

  • The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.

nounAn email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

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

nounLatency.

  • Your best bet to negate lag is to go to a server using the zero ping mutator.2002 June 24, drip, “Bandwidth - Lagtime”, in alt.games.unreal.tournament (Usenet)

verbTo make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

  • My car was pinging until my last oil change.
  • The microwave pinged.2013, Francine Rivers, And the Shofar Blew

verbTo send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.

  • I'm pinging their server.
  • The server pings its affiliates periodically.
  • Just because you cannot ping a server or telnet to it does not mean that the server is down or inaccessible.2008, Allan Reid, Jim Lorenz, Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP, Cisco Press, →ISBN

verbTo send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.

  • I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim.
  • If any deeper etymology is required, Arthur, don't ping me; I'll ping you.2001 November 25, William Safire, “On Language; The Arab Street”, in New York Times
  • If certain attendees don't actively participate and that's a surprise to you, ping them an email or private chat message and ask what's happening for them.2014, Jessica Pryce-Jones, Julia Lindsay, Running Great Meetings and Workshops For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 294

More sentences with ping

  • Some people like fancy pingers with extra features, but I always use the default ping application.From the entry pinger
  • If he pings my bra strap once more, I shall flatten him.From the entry pings
  • The server seems to be wedged: it's not even responding to pings.From the entry wedged
  • “Yes, I really was pinging,” she says, with that imperious cut-glass accent.2021 March 27, Simon Hattenstone, “Charlotte Rampling: ‘I am prickly. People who are prickly can’t be hurt any more’”, in The Guardian…. From the entry cut-glass
  • The constant pinging of electronic devices is driving many people to the end of their tether.2013 November 16, Schumpeter, “The mindfulness business”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8862. From the entry constant
  • This matchbox is a Swedish safety match from the Jönköping match factory.2012 January 23, Jennifer Johnson, “Kit Nelson” (30:10 from the start), in Alcatraz, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Edwin James (Jonny…. From the entry phillumenist
  • Not doing a timelord, ping ponging back and forth through time.2007, Carmel McConnell, The Happiness Plan. From the entry timelord
  • Just then another sensor pinged; a heatspot on the exterior hull, not far from the stasis switch.1990, Larry Niven, Man-Kzin Wars III. From the entry heatspot
  • The inside of the vehicle is pretty sparse and there are no oxygen tanks, intravenous drips or machines that go "ping."2024 January 9, Scott Snowden, “Santa Monica rolls out mobile mental health unit”, in Santa Monica Daily Press. From the entry intravenous
  • Branch held her pinging watch alarm up to the microphones, kicked her floor tambourine, and the band collectively developed a dronescape.2021 December 14, Martin Longley, “Jaimie Branch gets Enjoy Jazz jumping”, in Jazzwise, London: Jazzwise Publications Limited, →ISSN…. From the entry dronescape
  • Alexander-Arnold saw it, caught Divok Origi’s eyes and pinged the perfect cross for a double-take of a winning goal.2019 May 8, Barney Ronay, The Guardian. From the entry pigeon-chested
  • Plantagon is constructing its first plantscraper in Linköping, Sweden.2017 November 18, Leanna Garfield, “This $40 million robotic 'plantscraper' will feed over 5,000 people per year”, in Business Insider…. From the entry plantscraper
  • We could play basket ball, ping pong, board games.2015, Amber Shields, Running into the Arms of Love. From the entry guff off
  • Most ping pongs were 35- to 45-gallon drums.2012, Angela Smith, Steel Drums and Steelbands: A History, page 158. From the entry ping pong
  • Not even a ping on the vampdar.2011, Christine Ashworth, Demon Soul, page 86. From the entry vampdar
  • So ping would be ping pang pung?[2009 December 28, Nico Coesel, “Info on heritage Nallatech board?”, in comp.arch.fpga (Usenet). From the entry pung
  • Robot centaurs are more awesome in a vacuum, but Obama riding a robot horse definitely pings the coolometer.2009 December 7, Drew Perron, “Re: CONTEST: High Concept # 5”, in rec.arts.comics.creative (Usenet). From the entry coolometer
  • Anther track, Clouds Collapse, is the albums brief textural diversion; it pings a gamelanlike melody amid feedback and distortion.2007 December 31, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times. From the entry gamelanlike
  • Still, the real victims of the hung wei ping are ultimately bound to be the hung wei ping themselves.1967, Jacques Marcuse, “Conclusion Inconclusive: A Postscript”, in The Peking Papers, Arthur Barker Limited, published 1968, →OCLC, page…. From the entry bound to
  • A growing number of Chinese youth want to "lie flat." This is the literal translation of what the expression "Tang ping" means in Chinese.2022 February 22, “What is the ‘Tang Ping’ Movement Started by Young Chinese who are against Overworking?”, in Malay Mail, Petaling Jaya…. From the entry tang ping
  • The new trend, known as "tang ping", is described as an antidote to society's pressures to find jobs and perform well while working long shifts.2021 June 4, “China’s New ‘Tang Ping’ Trend Aims to Highlight Pressures of Work Culture”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 07…. From the entry tang ping
  • We became accustomed to the loud toing! of the breaking spring upstairs followed by the ping! of the broken spring hitting the wall.2003, Robert Hughes, Running with Walker: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 171. From the entry toing
  • As only bust or half-length figures are all the ping pong photographer attempts, only one or two small plain backgrounds is all that is necessary.1909, James Boniface Schriever, Commercial, press, scientific photography, page 401. From the entry ping pong
  • Nmecha pings a pass into the feet of Undav with his back to goal, he takes a touch, spins and whacks his shot into the corner.2026 June 20, Will Unwin, “Germany 2-1 Côte d’Ivoire: World Cup 2026 – as it happened”, in the Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry supersub
  • Most of us don't want to bung a microwave meal into the popty ping (only for it to come out hot enough to burn your mouth off).2023, Matt Pritchard, Dirty Vegan Fast and Easy. From the entry popty ping
  • Protons coming off of acids ping receptors for "sour." Sugars get received as "sweet." Bitter, salty, and the proteinaceous flavor umami all set off their own neural cascades.2018 May 16, Adam Rogers, “The Fundamental Nihilism of Yanny vs. Laurel”, in Wired. From the entry sweet
  • General Huo Ch’ü-ping, at the head of ten thousand cavalry, setting off from Lung-hsi⁹⁷ marched for over one thousand li, crossed the Yen-chih Mountains,⁹⁸ and attacked the Hsiung-nu.2002, Nicola Di Cosmo, “From Peace to War: China's Shift from Appeasement to Military Engagement”, in Ancient China and Its Enemies: The…. From the entry B.C.

Meaning of ping

  1. noun A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
  2. noun A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
  3. noun A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.

Full definition of ping

Questions about ping in a sentence

How do you use ping in a sentence?
Ping is used as a noun and verb. For example: “My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.”
What is a short sentence with ping?
“The microwave pinged.”
What does ping mean?
Ping means a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

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