Pings
noun
- 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."
- (submarine navigation) 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.
verb
- To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
"My car was pinging until my last oil change."
- (submarine navigation) 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."
- (by extension) 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."
- To flick.
"I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger."
Total: 8 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Pings"
Pings is a 5-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Pings" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "pings" is a low-scoring word.