How do you use the word "ping" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "ping": Ping pong is also called table tennis. Tom and Mary are still playing ping pong.

Ping Meaning

/pɪŋ/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

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

Sentence Examples

Ping pong is also called table tennis.

Tom and Mary are still playing ping pong.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

pink knock

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The computer technician will ____ the network server to check if it is online.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The server sent a ____ to check whether the remote device was still connected to the network.

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"With a sudden ping, there was a rabbit there in the black labyrinth with him[.]" — 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 89:

""You low ping c**t, you only win cos of your ping!" > > And other such insights into why I was winning." — 2000 November 8, the_mad...@my-deja.com, “HL DM with a low ping.......”, in alt.games.half-life (Usenet):

"Your best bet to negate lag is to go to a server using the zero ping mutator. This will compensate for your high ping when using a pistol, sniper or […]" — 2002 June 24, drip, “Bandwidth - Lagtime”, in alt.games.unreal.tournament (Usenet):

"The microwave pinged. He forked the steak onto the plate and set the timer again." — 2013, Francine Rivers, And the Shofar Blew:

"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:

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