ping 1 of 2

noun

Definition of pingnext
as in plink

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ping

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verb

as in to ding

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Recent Examples of ping
Verb
Credit should ping from player to player as quickly as the ball does. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 7 June 2026 Unfortunately, Find My networks also ping Wi-Fi access points, such as your own personal router. — Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 6 June 2026 The ball pinging across the net from one corner to the other. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 May 2026 Noah's phone last pinged somewhere in Detroit, authorities say. — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 23 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for ping
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ping
  1. plink
  2. ding
  3. peal
  4. clang
  5. chime
  6. gong
  7. ring
  8. clink
Noun
  • The orchestration — rich, fluid, and glistening with the vaguely exotic plinks of the cimbalom — has the plushness of an antique carpet.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
  • There’s also an experimental score by Daniel Blumberg made of bangs and piano plinks and noises that sound like a dozen balloons screaming.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of plink
Verb
  • The report also dings the Harris campaign for failing to distance the candidate from Biden, in light of his unpopularity at the time.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 21 May 2026
  • Future transshipment rules, for instance, could ding individual components that are made in one country—China, again, is a good bet—and then integrated into a product without enough of a transformation in another before winding up in the United States.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of ding
Noun
  • One of the more surreal responses to that experience is applause, which ripples through the audience of Paranormal Activity a beat after all the major scares, like rain settling in after a peal of thunder.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Assuming the role of a human clapper, Holzinger struck its lip again and again, sending a sonorous peal across the Biennale grounds.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026
Definition of peal
Verb
  • After his third 3 clanged off the back of the rim midway through the first quarter, Hart pulled his shirt over his mouth.
    — Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • The sequence started with Devin Vassell's mid-range jumper clanging off the back of the rim while three Timberwolves, including 7-foot-1 Rudy Gobert waited in the paint for the rebound.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 10 May 2026
Definition of clang
Noun
  • The slow chimes of Big Ben sounded, and then the newsreader’s solemn voice with the headlines.
    — Helen Simpson, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Then came a symphony of chimes, crystal bowls, wave drums and rain sticks.
    — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of chime
Verb
  • Temperatures are gong to be in the low-to-mid 90s across the region, with peak heat indices ranging from 100 to 107 degrees.
    — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
  • Prices at the auction were gong up and up.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Definition of gong
Noun
  • The singer, born Austin Post, had a plan in motion to design the perfect ring for the bride-to-be.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Heavy lifting for energy The ring crane will mainly support nuclear construction, where increasingly larger components demand more lifting power.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of ring
Verb
  • Just the sight of the glasses, dewy with condensation on the outside and filled to the rim with clinking ice, nearly chilled my body.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Miriam pulled one tooth, then another from her mouth, and clinked them into a porcelain dish on her nightstand.
    — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of clink

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“Ping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ping. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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