1. A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
   "The submarine's sonar emitted a ping"
    
2. The response time of a computer or network connection
   "His high ping was causing lag in the game"

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

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

Derived forms: pinged, pinging, pings

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