From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpingping1 /pɪŋ/ noun [countable] SOUNDa short high ringing sound The microwave goes ping when the food’s ready.
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ping• Ixora batted the ring from his hand, and it fell with a ping into the surrounding flowerbed.• Doubtless a sort of graphite derivative, it should ensure that tuning stays smooth and ping free.• The navigation computer pings like a ready microwave.• Of what use to the mosquito, one may ask, is its ping?• Little pops and sizzles, and the occasional ping.• It missed mostly; when it did score a hit there was a screaming ping and no more.pingping2 verb 1 [intransitive]SOUND to make a short high ringing sound2 [transitive] informal to send an email to someone, telephone them etc We'll ping you with confirmation of your booking.3 [transitive] to send a message to a computer, usually in order to find out if a connection is working→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
ping• The man from Forensic arrives, his steel heel-caps pinging across the tarmac.• Noise was muted, telephones pinging daintily against the artificial air.• I was rescued momentarily by the first drops of rain, pinging on the tin roof above us.From Longman Business Dictionarypingping /pɪŋ/ verb [transitive]COMPUTING1to send a signal in order to find out if another computer is connected to a network or the Internet2informal to send a message to someone by computerIf you see any major problems with this, ping me.→ See Verb tableOrigin ping1 (1700-1800) From the sound 