Ping

n. [ Probably of imitative origin. ] The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perhaps fr. pin to impound. ] A small piece of inclosed ground. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To play ping-pong. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. to bounce back and forth, in the manner of a ping-pong ball. [ PJC ]

n. [ Imitative. ] 1. An indoor modification of lawn tennis played with small bats, or battledores, and a very light, hollow, celluloid ball, on a large table divided across the middle by a net. Also called table tennis. [ [ originally a trade name ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. the small hollow celluloid ball used for the game of ping-pong. [ PJC ]

n. See Pinkster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pinguefacere, pinguefactum, to fatten; pinguis fat + facere to make. ] (Med.) A making of, or turning into, fat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. pinguiculus somewhat fat, fattish. ] (Bot.) See Butterwort. [ 1913 Webster ]