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My strong game was ping pong. Relentless... steady.
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Meaning of "ping" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PING

Of imitative origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PING

ping  [pɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ping is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ping in English.

WHAT DOES PING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ping in the English dictionary

The first definition of ping in the dictionary is a short high-pitched resonant sound, as of a bullet striking metal or a sonar echo. Other definition of ping is a system for testing whether internet systems are responding and how long in milliseconds it takes them to respond. Ping is also to make such a noise.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PING

PRESENT

Present
I ping
you ping
he/she/it pings
we ping
you ping
they ping
Present continuous
I am pinging
you are pinging
he/she/it is pinging
we are pinging
you are pinging
they are pinging
Present perfect
I have pinged
you have pinged
he/she/it has pinged
we have pinged
you have pinged
they have pinged
Present perfect continuous
I have been pinging
you have been pinging
he/she/it has been pinging
we have been pinging
you have been pinging
they have been pinging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pinged
you pinged
he/she/it pinged
we pinged
you pinged
they pinged
Past continuous
I was pinging
you were pinging
he/she/it was pinging
we were pinging
you were pinging
they were pinging
Past perfect
I had pinged
you had pinged
he/she/it had pinged
we had pinged
you had pinged
they had pinged
Past perfect continuous
I had been pinging
you had been pinging
he/she/it had been pinging
we had been pinging
you had been pinging
they had been pinging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will ping
you will ping
he/she/it will ping
we will ping
you will ping
they will ping
Future continuous
I will be pinging
you will be pinging
he/she/it will be pinging
we will be pinging
you will be pinging
they will be pinging
Future perfect
I will have pinged
you will have pinged
he/she/it will have pinged
we will have pinged
you will have pinged
they will have pinged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pinging
you will have been pinging
he/she/it will have been pinging
we will have been pinging
you will have been pinging
they will have been pinging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would ping
you would ping
he/she/it would ping
we would ping
you would ping
they would ping
Conditional continuous
I would be pinging
you would be pinging
he/she/it would be pinging
we would be pinging
you would be pinging
they would be pinging
Conditional perfect
I would have ping
you would have ping
he/she/it would have ping
we would have ping
you would have ping
they would have ping
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pinging
you would have been pinging
he/she/it would have been pinging
we would have been pinging
you would have been pinging
they would have been pinging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you ping
we let´s ping
you ping
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to ping
Past participle
pinged
Present Participle
pinging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PING

pinesap
pineta
pinetum
pinewood
piney
pinfall
pinfeather
pinfish
pinfold
ping pong
Ping-Pong
pinger
pinging
pingle
pingler
pingo
pinguefy
pinguid
pinguidity
pinguitude

WORDS THAT END LIKE PING

according
accounting
acting
adding
advertising
amazing
anything
banking
be on to a good thing
becoming
beginning
being
booking
breaking
bring
building
buying
calling
camping
catering

Synonyms and antonyms of ping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ping» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PING

Find out the translation of ping to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ping from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ping» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

砰然作声
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sonar
570 millions of speakers

English

ping
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بينغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пинг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

emitir um som curto e agudo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tinter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ping
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

klingeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

チンという音がなる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쨍하는 소리를 내다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ping
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிங்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ping
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fare un suono squillante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ping
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пінг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ping
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ping
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ping
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ping
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ping
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ping

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PING»

The term «ping» is very widely used and occupies the 6.237 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ping» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ping» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ping

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6 QUOTES WITH «PING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ping.
1
Marv Albert
My strong game was ping pong. Relentless... steady.
2
Trisha Goddard
I know I can get to the stage where I'm drinking a lot. I tend to be rotten and groggy all day and hanging out for the next drink and five o'clock, ping! I have to just stop.
3
Seth Green
All of my activities are so pedestrian. The extreme sport I play is ping pong. And we play it hard. If any of you suckers want to step up to the table, be ready.
4
Don King
My hair is God's aura. Everything went up when I got home from the penitentiary. One night I went to lie down next to my wife, and my hair started popping and uncurling all on its own - ping, ping, ping, ping! I knew that it was God telling me to stay on the righteous path so he could one day pull me up to be there with him.
5
Douglas Rushkoff
We all know the feeling of surrendering to the embedded biases of our devices. We let our cell phones ping us every time there's an incoming message and check our e-mail even when we'd best pay attention to what's going on around us in the real world. We text while driving.
6
Sara Zarr
Readers want a story, not a pattern. It's the specifics of a story that make it really ping our various reader radars.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PING»

Discover the use of ping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ping!: The Yahoo! Messenger Guide to All Things IM
Presents information regarding instant messaging features, proper netiquette, and innovative ways to communicate with other users, as well as real-life stories, useful tips, and a glossary of hidden emoticons.
Angela Gunn, 2005
2
Ping: A Frog in Search of a New Pond
A parable about adapting to change in the tradition of Who Moved My Cheese? and Fish! follows the transformative journey a frog in search of a pond that will help him with his long-distance jumping ambitions, a quest that is aided by a wise ...
Stuart Avery Gold, 2005
3
Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds
Born on the eve of China’s Cultural Revolution, Ping Fu was separated from her family at the age of eight.
Ping Fu, Mei Mei Fox, 2012
4
Jin Ping Mei (the Golden Lotus)
This edition was derived from the Egerton translation, minus the Latin, with a few euphemisms thrown in, but is considerably more complete than the Olympia Press version most Westerners are familiar with.
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng, 2008
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The Way of Ping: Journey to the Great Ocean
The long-awaited sequel to international phenomenon PING: A Frog in Search of a New Pond (over 400,000 copies sold and 20 foreign language editions), this engaging parable in an affordable hardcover edition inspires readers to adapt to ...
Stuart Avery Gold, 2009
6
BE: BE
A little book with a big agenda, "Be" invites readers to ask--and answer--thereally important questions about being and being happy.
A. C. Ping, 2004
7
Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China
An exploration of the history and cultural practice of footbinding in China reveals the traditions that contributed to and surrounded its thousand-year enforcement, as well as its related literature, music, contests, and rewards.
Ping Wang, 2000
8
Modern Chinese: History and Sociolinguistics
This book describes the development of Modern Chinese from the late nineteenth century to the 1990s.
Ping Chen, 1999
9
The Ping Pong Conspiracy: ... the CIA's $22 Billion Con of ...
We consider the first-time author of the ms a 'reporter', rather than an author. His supposedly fictious tale of the CIA's con of $22 Billion from the state lottery systems is almost to realistic to not be partly true.
Bill Waddell, 2005
10
Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar
With twenty years' experience explaining technical concepts to non-experts in the radar industry, Mark Denny is the perfect guide to understanding just how remote sensing -- radar or sonar -- works.
Mark Denny, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ping is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Chinese-American fashion designer Mary Ping channels old …
Ping first caught the fashion design bug at the age of four when her ... Although Ping went on to study art and art history at liberal arts college ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
2
WWE Superstars Have Ping Pong Tourney, New Jeff Hardy DVD …
WWE has posted a new video to UpUpDownDown featuring Kalisto, Jimmy Uso, Big E, Neville and Xavier Woods playing ping pong together. «Wrestling Inc., Jul 15»
3
How is Trump going to 'beat' China? At ping pong?
Trump says he is going to "beat China," whatever that means. How is he going to "beat China"? At ping pong? Trump says he "loves" Mexicans ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
4
Shanghai Witnesses Music Innovation as Ping Pong Concerto …
Included in the Ping Pong Concerto are percussionist David Cossin, violinist Elizabeth Zeltser, and ping pong players Ariel Hsing and Michael ... «Yibada, Jul 15»
5
Industry ping pong tournament during US Open coming up
Lira, Cutlass and OTIS Eyewear come together to put on the first annual “Westside Paddle Battle“ Industry Charity Ping Pong Tournament on ... «Shop-Eat-Surf.com, Jul 15»
6
Ping unveils GMax distance irons and i irons for precision players
The Ping GMax irons (left) have a Custom Tuning Port housed in the cavity structure behind the face, while the i irons feature a head and hosel ... «PGA.com, Jul 15»
7
Spin, a Susan Sarandon-owned ping pong bar/restaurant, coming to …
Spin, a global “ping pong social club” chain owned in part by Susan Sarandon, is moving into that wacky, futuristic new SoMa building at 690 ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
8
MIT is building ping-pong playing robots
Ping pong-playing robots are up there with hoverboards for amazing YouTube-friendly inventions that usually turn out to be fake. «Wired.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Chen Li Ping, Rayson Tan take first 'wedding photos' 17 years after …
Chen Li Ping reveals why she refused to have wedding photos taken when she married her husband, actor Rayson Tan. For one, she has a ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
10
A Tai Ping error
The largest ship to come to grief in Southland waters in recent times was the Tai Ping, a Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier of 16,041 tons. «The Southland Times, Jul 15»

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