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Meaning of Ping | Babel Free

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

العربية بينج
Čeština cinknout cvrnknout
Deutsch Ping Pingen
Español ping
Français ping ping
Galego ping
Nederlands pingen
Türkçe ping

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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