pinger
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A device that sends sound pulses to help find things underwater
- noun
- /ˈpɪŋɚ/
- Specialized
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pinger
- Pinger signal is good.
- pinger locator
- hear those pingers
Examples
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No sign of the pinger.
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No signal or pinger detected in, uh, 42 hours of search.
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No ordinary pinger would be operative at that, uh, pressure.
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They're going out on their emergency distress pinger.
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The divers relied on the pinger to locate the submerged wreckage during the search operation.
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Using the pinger, the sonar team was able to determine the depth of the sea floor.
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As the search continued, the faint sound of the pinger provided hope to the rescuers.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pinger comes from the simple sound ping, a short, high noise like a small bell, so a pinger is a device that makes quick sound pulses used in sonar to find things underwater.