ping
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
hit with a pinging noise
The bugs pinged the lamp shade
Types & categories
- impinge on hypernym
Related & opposite
- ping derivation
Sense 2 noun
a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
sound like a car engine that is firing too early
the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make a short high-pitched sound
the bullet pinged when they struck the car
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
- ping derivation
Sense 5 verb
contact, usually in order to remind of something
I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing
Types & categories
- contact hypernym
Sense 6 verb
send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
ping your machine in the office
Types & categories
- contact hypernym
Related & opposite
- computing domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ping |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | impinge on |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pink |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | knock |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ping |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ping |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |