单词 | pinger |
释义 | pingern. 1. An instrument which emits a ping or pings, esp. as a warning or reminder; spec. a kitchen timer. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > timer or chronograph stop-watch1740 time marker1835 time recorder1836 hourglass1852 time clock1857 time lock1858 egg-glass1867 chronograph1868 egg-timer1869 timer1869 gunner's pendulum1876 time switch1884 chess-clock1905 phototimer1942 pinger1950 shot clock1967 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [noun] > timer dinger1914 phototimer1942 pinger1950 1950 Times 3 Nov. 1/2 Get a Smiths ‘pinger’ timer... Times your baking, boiling, pressure cooking, infant feeding. 1968 J. Bingham I love, I Kill vi. 72 I heard the old vibrant tinkling, like those kitchen ping-ers which tell you when the cabbage is ready cooked. 1976 P. Dickinson King & Joker i. 10 Two eggs..boiled for two minutes... The pinger pinged. 1986 Punch 25 Jan. 10/2 Can he manage to get out of the garage..[without] setting off a number of internal warning lights and pingers? 2. a. An underwater device that transmits pings at short intervals for purposes of detection, measurement, or identification; esp. a sonar transducer or a sonic marker. Cf. ping n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > other types of sound telecommunication > [noun] telephoning1877 radiophony1880 photophony1881 sonar1943 pinger1957 side scan1996 the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > system investigating sea, atmosphere, etc. sonar1943 pinger1957 1957 Deep-sea Res. 4 120 The three principal units which comprise the camera are the photographic unit, the electronic flash light and the acoustic signal generator or ‘pinger’. 1969 J. W. Mavor Voy. Atlantis ii. iv. 124 It was the shallowness of the water that made examination with Doc's pinger feasible. 1975 Offshore Engineer Nov. 51/1 The pinger receiver audibly indicates the direction to a pinger using a manually operated sensitivity control..and an earphone. 1993 New Yorker 13 Dec. 96/1 A decoy black box with a false ‘pinger’, or sound marker, was thrown into the sea to deceive American searchers. b. Services' slang. A sonar operator; an anti-submarine pilot. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > Asdic operator ping-man1946 pinger1961 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > others press-gang1693 young gentleman1784 sidesman1803 side boy1823 trouncer1867 rating1877 Navy Leaguer1898 requestman1916 tiger1929 mineman1943 shore patrolman1944 striker1944 ping1948 pinger1961 bubblehead1965 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1222/1 Pinger, the Asdic officer: Naval: since ca. 1936. 1979 Sunday Times 25 Nov. (Mag.) They were originally ‘two pingers, a jungly and a crab’ as Service slang describes anti-submarine, Commando and RAF pilots. 1989 R. Jolly Jackspeak: Pusser's Rum Guide to Royal Navy Slanguage 215 Pinger, anti-submarine warfare helicopter specialist, derived from the pinging sound made by the Sea King [helicopter]'s active (dipping) sonar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1950 |
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