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Ping

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
pɪŋ

Definitions

  1. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
  2. A surname.
  3. A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
  4. A female given name.
  5. A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
  6. An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
  7. Latency.
  8. A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
  9. A notification.

Equivalents

Españolping
Françaisping
DeutschPingPingen
6 more languages
العربيةبينج
Galegoping
Nederlandspingen
Türkçeping

Examples

“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.”
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 […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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