6-Letter Words Starting: PING

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

• (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.

• (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.

• To flick.

• To bounce.

• To cause something to bounce.

• To call out audibly.

• To penalize.

• A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year.

• (Sri Lanka) A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end; a carrying pole or carrying yoke.

• (Sri Lanka) A measure of weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo, perhaps about 55 pounds (25 kilograms) (see the 2013 quotation).

• a pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar