ping

Examples

• All

• And I started hearing the pings on the side of my vehicle.

• But it was only the metallic ping of rain on the air conditioner's housing.

  Fiction book (1990)

• And then you can hear them like, you know, coming over the car, like ping, ping, ping, ping.

  Anything Goes With James English

• I see you have the machine that goes "Ping!"

  Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

• When you when you hit drums really hard, they just go ping, right?

  Rick Beato

• So I heard like a ping, like a zip, a ping.

• I'm just hearing ping, ping, ping as like each bit of kit comes out.

  Dodge Woodall

• For starters, a quarter that was supposed to vanish fell to the floor with a "ping."

  Fiction book (2000)

• Farrell backpedaled as a small hole punched through the metal beside his head with a hollow ping.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Instantly, she heard the thwack of bullets hitting wings and fuselage, the ping of wires parting.

  Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

D

ding

vsping

49 3.7

A short high sound like a small bell, for example a notification tone

is a sharper, more resonant sound from physical impact or echo

P

pong

vsping

15 7.3

A short, sharp sound when a ball or small thing hits a hard surface

is more piercing and high like an echo or strong metal strike

T

to tock

vsping

14 6.0

To make a short sharp sound like a clock

is higher and more resonant, like an echo or metal impact

T

tinkle

vsping

12 4.4

A light clear ringing sound like a small bell

is louder and more resonant, usually from a hard metal impact

T

ting

vsping

6 8.4

A light, clear ringing sound like a small bell or glass

is a stronger, sharper resonant sound from a solid metal strike

D

doink

vsping

2 9.9

A short, clear sound that happens when something hits a hard surface

is a sharper resonant sound like a sonar echo or strong metal strike

P

plink

vsping

1 8.6

A short high metal sound from a small hit

is a sharper, resonant high sound like a strong metal strike or echo

B

bing

vsping

1 7.7

A short high sound made by a phone or microwave

is a natural sharp, high resonant sound rather than a device tone

Antonyms

S

silence

660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

M

to muffle

64 5.8

To make a sound or feeling quieter so it is less noticeable

Compounds

P

ping pong

23 1.1

A game on a table with a net where players hit a small ball with paddles

P

Ping-Pong

15 1.6

A game like tennis played on a table using small paddles and a light ball

P

ping-pong ball

7 1.0

A small, light, hollow plastic ball used in table tennis

P

ping-pong table

5 2.1

A table for playing table tennis with a net in the middle

A

aerial ping pong

• Informal

9.7

A casual game where players hit balloons or flying discs in the air

P

Ping River

3.8

A river in western Thailand that joins the Chao Phraya River

P

popty ping

• UK

9.9

A small kitchen machine that heats food quickly

How Loud

bang

237 1.3

clang

28 3.9

ping

18 6.4

to tinkle

15 3.9

tick

34 2.0

Surface Forms

Etymology