Ping \Ping\, n. [Probably of imitative origin.] The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
Ping \Ping\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pinged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinging}.] To make the sound called ping.
backfire \backfire\, back fire \back fire\ 1. A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (a) A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to that in which it should travel; also called a {knock} or {ping}. (b) an explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Lexus officials extol the importance of this by rapping the stuff with a screwdriver, producing a thud instead of a metallic ping.
Are we ready to see the Louisville slugger replaced by the aluminum ping dinger?