Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ping

/pɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: ping
IPA: /pɪŋ/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

noun

A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.

noun

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

noun

An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

noun

noun

A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.

noun

A notification.

verb

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

Example Sentences

"My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away."
"With a sudden ping, there was a rabbit there in the black labyrinth with him[.]"
"The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship."
"The network is overloaded from all the pings going out."
"I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim."
""You low ping c**t, you only win cos of your ping!" > > And other such insights into why I was winning."

Etymology

Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen (“to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge, feel remorse, incite”), from Old English pyngan (“to prick”), in turn likely from pungere. Compare English pang.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: pingen, pyngan

Usage

Inflected Forms

pings (plural) pings (present, singular) pinging (participle, present) pinged (past) pang (nonstandard, past) pinged (participle, past) pang (nonstandard, participle) pung (nonstandard, participle)

Derived Forms

pingy sping pingable pingback pingee pinger pingingly

Phrases

soft ping ghost-ping ping pong ping sweep popty ping reply-ping

Frequently Paired Words

ghost-ping pingdemic ping pong ping sweep popty ping beep peep heartbeat

Synonyms

pink knock

Rhymes With

thing bring king spring ring wing sing string swing beijing singh ing

Questions

How do you pronounce ping?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɪŋ/.
What does ping mean?: A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
Where does ping come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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