pingv.1
/pɪŋ/, U.S. /pɪŋ/ Now British regional. † 2. transitive. To shove; to push; to thrust down. Obsolete (English regional (south-western) and rare in later use).
1. transitive and intransitive. To prick, stab, or poke; to urge. Also figurative. Now rare.Unattested in the late 16th and 17th centuries.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > cause anguish to or torment [verb (transitive)] > afflict with pangs
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action > poke or prod
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with pushing action > poke or prod
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eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xl. 297 Ðætte he..wærlice hine pynge mid sumum wordum, ðæt he on ðæm ongietan mæge be sumum dæle his unðeaw.
OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 104 Punctus a pungendo dicitur. Forþan ys se prica gecweden forþan he pingð oððe pricað.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 11943 Arður ut mid his sweorde..puinden [c1300 Otho pungde] uppen Frolle.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Prov. xii. 18 Þer is þat behoteþ, & as wiþ a swerd is punged [v.r. pungid; a1425 L.V. prickid; L. pungitur] to þe consience.
a1400 (?a1325) Medit. on Supper of our Lord (Harl.) (1875) 567 Þey punged hym furþe þurgh euery slogh.
c1440 (?a1349) in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 109 (MED) Be-halde his bludy flesche, His heide pungede [v.r. prikked] with thorne.
a1500 (?a1325) Otuel & Roland (1935) 779 He pingde his stede wiþ spores kene.
a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme 85a in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue 391/2 The king at his wordis wes pungit with pete.
1876 O. Madox-Brown Dwale Bluth ii. iii I wish they'd gie thy cat ter th' butcher, ter naup and ping loose ower the moor-yavils out there.
1905 J. Lumsden Croonings 208 Ane's come this monstrous Farce to ping! Yea! a' its hallow shams, by jing—.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push
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c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Laud) (1901) 1117 (MED) He pugde [read pungde; c1300 Cambr. þreu] hym ofer þe brigge.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1248 (MED) As sche wolde þe dore to-breke, sche gan þo hebbe & pynge [rhyme þynge].
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. ix. 88 A pik is in þat potent to pungen [v.rr. punge, pynge; punchin] adoun þe wykkide.
1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 13 Tha wudst ha' bost en to Shivers, nif chad net a vung en, and pung'd en back agen.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. 119 Ping, to push. W[est Country].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
pingv.2
/pɪŋ/, U.S. /pɪŋ/ 1.
a. intransitive. To make a short, resonant, high-pitched (usually metallic) ringing sound; to emit such a sound; (of a bullet) to fly with such a sound. Of speech, sound, etc.: to ring out. Frequently with adverbs, as about, off, over, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > ring [verb (intransitive)] > ping
sing1565
ping1855
pinge1888
zing1899
1855 Illustr. London News 15 Sept. 326/1 Rifle-bullets..‘pinging’ over their heads.
1878 W. C. Smith Hilda (1879) 242 Balls from the rifle-pits ping about.
1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement iii. 96 The typewriters rattled and pinged, the telephone bell rang.
1967 Listener 16 Nov. 647/3 Words and concepts heard nowhere else pinged out on Third Programme drama.
1976 P. Dickinson King & Joker i. 10 Two eggs..boiled for two minutes... The pinger pinged.
1978 T. Willis Buckingham Palace Connection viii. 151 A bullet pinged against the plating.
1993 D. Beason & K. J. Anderson Assemblers of Infinity xx. 182 The thin blade snapped and pinged off the lab table.
b. intransitive. spec. (chiefly U.S. and Australian): = pink v.3 2.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > operate internal-combustion engine [verb (intransitive)] > of internal-combustion engine: run > rattle
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pink1925
1923 Clearfield (Pa.) Progress 2 Oct. 3/2 Clean burning oil of the proper character should be used to..reduce the tendency of the fuel to knock or ‘ping’.
1942 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 136/1 Let's assume it is a couple of months from now, and that best available gas makes your car engine ping—or worse, knock—on a pick-up or a hard pull.
1993 Rochestarian Dec. 5 Pinging and creaking now, occasionally throwing off a slightly oily gasoline odor, the Hudson cooled.
2.
a. transitive. To make or cause a ping by firing or discharging something at (an object); to shoot (someone). Also intransitive with at.
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1892 Standard (Ogden, Utah Territory) 14 Jan. 5/4 When Gib Welsh, the Deputy Sheriff, tried to nab him Jake pinged him.
1919 Ladies' Home Jrnl. 36 114/2 Through the woods I went to strike a wheat field and lope across it while a sniper pinged at me.
1983 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 13 Feb. 19 Nearly every year someone gets pinged... Not killed, but nearly always shot in the head.
1999 Sea Angler May 72 Circling and pinging the wreck with the sounder showed it to be quite a large lump.
2000 National Geographic Adventure Mar. 69/1 A four-foot-long missile-shaped sonar ‘tow fish’ pinged into the depths, producing a black-and-white picture of the sea bottom.
b. transitive. spec. To fire or discharge (a missile) with a pinging sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > ring [verb (transitive)] > ping > a missile
ping1959
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xiii. 297 We..ping pellets in class.
1977 A. C. H. Smith Jericho Gun xiii. 171 He was able to ping off three one-shots.
1987 N. Blei Neighborhood xxvi. 177 I pinged a stone at her and she took a leap that defied all laws of tennis.
c. transitive. Computing. To send (a networked computer, printer, etc.) a packet (packet n. 3b) prompting an automatic response, typically in order to determine the status of the network connection and how long it takes for the packet to be received. Also with the IP address of a device as object.
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1983 TCP-IP Digest, Vol 2 #17 in fa.tcp-ip (Usenet newsgroup) 22 Sept. Hosts have to keep all dumb gateways in their tables (and possibly ping them).
1997 Computerworld 17 Mar. 90/2 Try pinging the IP address of the machine that houses the NetAttache Enterprise Server.
2003 Network World 1 Sept. 12/1 The router will continue pinging the device until it answers.
2014 J. Andrews A+ Guide to Hardware (ed. 6) xii. 627 Follow these steps to solve problems with network printers... Try pinging the printer.
d. transitive. colloquial. To send (a person) an electronic communication such as an email, text, etc.; to send (an email, text, etc.) to a person. Frequently with direct and indirect object: to send (a person) (an email, text, etc.).
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1990 Updated TCSH for 4D's in comp.sys.sgi (Usenet newsgroup) 10 July Several people have pinged me over the past year about yellow pages support for ~username.
1996 99 Cent Models in rec.models.scale (Usenet newsgroup) 30 July Starfix did include pilot figures, which was pretty cool. I'm curious as to what jets they have in their 1/72 kits—if you get a list, please ping me a copy.
1999 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 8 Mar. 18 They will be able to ping an electronic message from the top of a mountain, or surf the internet lying on a hammock on a tropical island, cocktail in one hand, hand-held computer in the other.
2001 Rushville (Indiana) Republican 15 Oct. 4/2 If you have any questions, give me a call here at the office or ping me an e-mail.
2015 K. Kwan China Rich Girlfriend i. xii. 112 The phone inside her minaudière gave a quick buzz, and she smiled, thinking Michael must have just read her mind and pinged her.
3. transitive. To cause (something) to make a short, resonant, high-pitched sound; to ring. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > ring [verb (transitive)] > ping
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1902 Westm. Gaz. 10 Apr. 2/1 Automobiles that pinged their warning gongs.
1921 D. H. Lawrence in Hutchinson's Mag. Nov. 462/2 They ‘pinged’ the door-bell, and her aunt came running forward out of the kitchen.
1961 J. H. Ford Mountains of Gilead v. 128 A room complete with moths pinging the light.
1986 ‘J. le Carré’ Perfect Spy xv. 414 He lightly pinged the edge of his Drambuie glass to indicate that he required another.
4. transitive. Horse Racing. colloquial. Of a horse: to jump (a fence) well; to leave (the starting stalls) swiftly. Also intransitive with adverb: (of a horse) to race or jump well.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > leave stalls swiftly
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > jump fence well
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1973 Times 21 Feb. 12/4 He was as fresh as paint and pinged in. It was no bother.
1981 B. Champion & J. Powell Champion's Story xviii. 193 As we came to the fence Aldaniti stood off far too far away, pinged it, but came down much too steep.
1986 Times 6 May 35/8 The winner..did not ping the stalls too well, but ran really well.
2004 Horse & Hound 8 Jan. 24/4 His horse..pinged back and forth over five-bar gates for fun.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
pingint.n.
/pɪŋ/, U.S. /pɪŋ/ A. int.
Representing a short, resonant, high-pitched (usually metallic) sound, as that made by the firing of a bullet, the ringing of a small bell, etc.
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1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 306/2 There was no ping pinging of the shot overhead.]
1835 J. E. Alexander Sketches in Portugal xi. 262 If a button was shown, ‘ping’ went a bullet at it immediately.
1909 R. Kipling Rewards & Fairies (1910) 272 Ping-ping-ping went the bicycle bell round the corner.
1957 H. Nicolson Diary 5 Oct. (1968) 339 The Russians have released a satellite... The B.B.C. have managed to record the signals, and play them over to us—just ping, ping, ping, ping.
1991 Pilot Nov. 42/1 Ping! The aeroplane's Flight Warning System is limbering up.
B. n.
1. A short, resonant, high-pitched (usually metallic) sound, as that made by the firing of a bullet, the ringing of a small bell, etc. Also: any abrupt sound resembling or suggestive of this.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > ping > of bullet
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1855 Times 27 Nov. 7/2 The sharp ping of the Minié was sure to follow any imprudent exposure.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 132 Mosquitoes..With a wild ping of joy..made for me.
1921 D. H. Lawrence in Hutchinson's Mag. Nov. 463/1 They were interrupted by the ping of the shop-bell.
1953 ‘M. Innes’ Christmas at Candleshoe i. 11 With a flicker and a ping a bar of fluorescent lighting has snapped on.
1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin xli. 246 The dull clacks and pings as the harvest was gathered and dropped into the buckets.
2. spec. (chiefly U.S. and Australian): the pinking of an engine; = pink n.8 4. Cf. ping v.2 1b, pink v.3 2.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > noise in
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1927 Dyke's Automobile & Gasoline Engine Encycl. Suppl. 1313/1 Engineers began an investigation as to the causes of pre-ignition and ping in an engine burning the present-day gasoline.
1958 S.A.E. Jrnl. Sept. 73/1 Rumble..is distinct from the high frequency spark knock or wild ping most people have heard.
1992 MotorHome Feb. 90/2 If any sign of engine ping or preignition occurs while traveling in Mexico, add the Moroso octane booster to help improve performance.
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a. A short pulse of high-pitched, usually ultrasonic sound, as transmitted (or received back) by a sonar transducer; (also) an audible signal by which this is represented to a user of such equipment.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > system investigating sea, atmosphere, etc. > pulse emitted by
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1943 Penguin New Writing 18 27 ‘Daisy had a ping about an hour ago... We're doing an Asdic sweep’... A ‘ping’ is the slang term for an echo.
1956 Deep-sea Res. 3 267 The system had a repetition rate of about 10 pings per second and a ping length of about two milliseconds.
1967 J. B. Hersey Deep-sea Photogr. iv. 59/1 It was possible to obtain the height of camera above bottom simply by measuring the time interval between the arrival at the ship of the sound pulse, or ping, and its bottom echo.
1998 S. Sontag et al. Blind Man's Bluff p. xiv World War II images of subs shooting torpedoes, of men trapped sweating within cramped steel cylinders as Japanese sonar pings rang through their hulls and depth charges fell around them.
b. Navy slang. A sonar operator (see also Compounds). rare.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > others
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1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 142 Ping, an Asdic officer or rating.
4. Computing.
a. A type of packet (packet n. 3b) used for prompting an automatic response from a networked computer, printer, etc., typically used to determine the status of a network connection and how long it takes for the packet to be received.
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1983 TCP-IP Digest, Vol 2 #12 in fa.tcp-ip (Usenet newsgroup) 30 June A ping from a host coming back on the air could/should be interpreted as an ‘I'm Alive’ message.
1997 InfoWorld 10 Feb. 57/4 The Ping o' Death creates a ping with an illegal amount of data.
2015 L. Lobo & U. Lakshman CCIE Security v4.0 Quick Ref. (ed. 3) (e-book, accessed 19 Apr. 2018) ii. 42 If someone attempts to sniff an encrypted network segment and a ping is sent over the network, all encrypted packets will look different.
b. The degree of latency (latency n. 2b) between two devices on a computer network (esp. between a computer or games console and an internet server).Frequently used in the context of online gaming.
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1995 CK Control Frequency in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim (Usenet newsgroup) 1 June My ping is 243ms.
2017 @banjelerp 14 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Couldn't figure out why my ping was so high on Overwatch. Then I remembered I was still on the European server.
Compounds
Navy slang. Designating a sonar operator, in ping jockey, ping-man.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > Asdic operator
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1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 135 Ping-man, an Asdic operator.
1947 M. Sheridan Overdue & Presumed Lost 142 Ping jockey..Soundman.
1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 88/2 Ping jockey, Asdic operator; on the analogy of disc jockey.
1988 Chicago Tribune 14 Aug. (Mag.) 8 Known as ping jockeys, the 15 or so sonar technicians have it good.
2005 R. I. Merrell Gangway Regular Navy! 205 I was a ping jockey, and then got commissioned and became a twidget.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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