ping

Examples

• All

• You should get like a little ping and that's it.

• My phone, ping... starts lighting up like a Christmas tree.

  Bisping (2021)

• - I got a ping on her credit card.

  9 Bullets (2022)

• Just got a ping about one click west of you.

  Prometheus (2012)

• As I was sitting down to work on this article, I got my first ping from the app.

  Blog text (28)

• Looks like we got a ping.

  Groove Street (2018)

• We've got a ping light.

  Apollo 13 (1995)

• I'm getting pings from all over the world-

  Vigilante Diaries (2016)

• A ping from his computer announces he has an interoffice memo file attached.

  Fiction book (2002)

• I'VE GOT FIVE PINGS.

  Nature Unleashed: Avalanche (2004)

Synonyms

D

ding

vsping

49 3.7

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

refers to a brief electronic message sent to prompt a response

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

O

to overlook

243 2.9

To not notice someone or something you should see

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 Urgent

to alarm

133 1.9

alert

297 2.8

ping

• Texting

21 3.9

notification

76 3.3

message

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology