[{"word":"pings","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away."},{"definition":"(submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship."},{"definition":"A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The network is overloaded from all the pings going out."},{"definition":"An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim."},{"definition":"Latency.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(WMF jargon) A notification.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"My car was pinging until my last oil change."},{"definition":"(submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I'm pinging their server."},{"definition":"(by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim."},{"definition":"To flick.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger."},{"definition":"To bounce.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back."},{"definition":"To cause something to bounce.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To call out audibly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To penalize.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Gary Ablett was pinged for holding the ball and gave away a free kick."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ping","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pings"]}]