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# ping

«ping» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short, high, ringing sound, like a bell or a phone alert** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a ping, pings); verb (ping, pings, pinged, pinging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ping is a short, high, ringing sound, like a bell or a phone alert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ping/#m1)

2) To ping is to make that sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ping/#m2)

3) (informal) To ping someone is to send them a quick message: ping me later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ping/#m3)

4) (computing) A ping is a test signal sent to check if a computer can be reached and how fast it answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ping/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: the microwave pings when food is ready; your phone pings with a message. In computing and games: low ping means a fast connection. In informal talk: «I'll ping you an email.»

### examples

- The microwave pinged and the soup was hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ping/#x1)
- My phone pinged with a message from Gran. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ping/#x2)
- The bell gave a loud ping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ping/#x3)
- Ping me when you're home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ping/#x4)
- The game is slow because my ping is high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ping/#x5)
- A stone pinged against the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ping/#x6)

### note

Past: pinged. Informal for messaging. Related sound words: ding, beep, buzz. In UK sport and table tennis talk, «ping-pong» is table tennis.

### In the corpora

- [Sonar sends a ping and times the echo; sound travels about four times faster in water than in air.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans/7/)
- [Ten minutes later his mum's phone pinged — the console account sends her an email for every download.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/404-parents-rules-for-big-games/22/)
- [Ping is a number showing how long data takes to travel; lower ping means less lag.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi/26/)
- [You end up empty.» Connor stops jumping every time Ollie pings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ping» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ping/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.