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1. A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

1. Hit with a pinging noise
   "The bugs pinged the lamp shade"
    
2. Sound like a car engine that is firing too early
   "the car pinged when I put in low-octane petrol";
   - pink, knock
    
3. Make a short high-pitched sound
   "the bullet pinged when they struck the car"
    
4. Contact, usually in order to remind of something
   "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing"
    
5. (computing) send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
   "ping your machine in the office"

1. A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
   - Ping River

Derived forms: pings, pinging, pinged

Type of: collide with, contact, get hold of, get through, go, hit, impact, impinge on, reach, river, run into, sound, strike

Part of: Kingdom of Thailand, Siam, Thailand

Encyclopedia: Ping, Zhang