ping

A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.

With a sudden ping, there was a rabbit there in the black labyrinth with him[.]

A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.

The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.

A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.

The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.

An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.

I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.

Latency.

"You low ping c**t, you only win cos of your ping!" > > And other such insights into why I was winning.

Your best bet to negate lag is to go to a server using the zero ping mutator. This will compensate for your high ping when using a pistol, sniper or […]

To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.

My car was pinging until my last oil change.

The microwave pinged. He forked the steak onto the plate and set the timer again.

To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.

To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.

I'm pinging their server.

The server pings its affiliates periodically.

To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.

I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim.

If any deeper etymology is required, Arthur, don't ping me; I'll ping you.

To flick.

I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.

A surname.

A female given name.