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1.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."
2.noun(submarine navigation) A 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."
3.nounA packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence."The network is overloaded from all the pings going out."
4.nounAn email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement."I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim."
5.nounLatency.
6.nounA means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
7.noun(WMF jargon) A notification.
8.verbTo make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound."My car was pinging until my last oil change."
9.verb(submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
10.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."
11.verb(by extension) To 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."
12.verbTo flick."I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger."
13.verbTo bounce."The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back."
14.verbTo cause something to bounce.
15.verbTo call out audibly.
16.verbTo penalize."Gary Ablett was pinged for holding the ball and gave away a free kick."