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noun

Definition of pingnext
as in plink

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verb

as in to ding

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Recent Examples of ping
Verb
Multiple great white sharks have pinged off the coasts of Florida in recent weeks as spring break tourists descend on the peninsula. — Kim Luciani, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025 Jones, who reached the Australian Open and Wimbledon girls singles finals last year, is just 5ft 3in (160cm) but the ball pings off her strings. — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025 Phones have to be powered on for cellphone data to ping, but the phone's user does not have to be making calls or texts. — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, Jones’ phone last pinged at 5:01 p.m. on Feb. 8, according to the report. — Abigail Adams, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ping
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ping
  1. plink
  2. ding
  3. peal
  4. clang
  5. chime
  6. ring
  7. clink
  8. tintinnabulation
Noun
  • 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
  • Plink, plink, plink go the rivets, with MGM's No Time to Die, rescheduled from Nov. 20 to April 2021 on Friday, being the latest to plummet earthward.
    — Jeva Lange, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2020
Definition of plink
Verb
  • Each application requires the card issuer or lender to pull your credit report, which results in a hard inquiry on your report and dings your credit score a few points.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Splitting carries with Kareem Hunt dings Pacheco’s fantasy value.
    — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
Definition of ding
Noun
  • Instead, fans turned the nasty weather into a party, cheering louder at every peal of thunder.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The heartwarming bond between a toddler and his chocolate Labrador retriever has captured the internet's attention, as the dog's playful antics sent the little boy into peals of laughter.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of peal
Verb
  • First, David Pastrnak set up Geekie for a one-timer but, with much of the net at which to shoot, Geekie clanged the near post.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Sam Hauser had a chance to extend that lead moments later after Tatum stole a pass and sprung him for a fast break, but his wide-open dunk attack clanged off the rim.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Definition of clang
Noun
  • The chime box is white and measures 2.6 by 2.6 by 0.9 inches.
    — PCMAG, PCMAG, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The signature chime that viewers hear during the Temptation Island title card even signifies that this is part of the NRTVU (Netflix Reality Television Universe).
    — Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of chime
Noun
  • There are two executions: one with teal elements on the continents and city ring and another with the continents and city ring in gray.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Behind the microphone, Foreman revealed contrasting sides of a personality of the man who already made his mark in the ring.
    — Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Definition of ring
Verb
  • As seen in a video shared on X by royal reporter Rebecca English, the King and Queen clinked their drinks together before sipping it down in one go.
    — Janine Henni, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But hey, the man clearly loves love and clinks his champagne glass until the happy couple performs another painful-looking kiss.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Definition of clink
Noun
  • Though this installation of tintinnabulation has been a feature of the garden for more than a decade, some frequent visitors only noticed the chimes this summer, when a small crew recently installed them in a large linden tree adjacent to Parade Stadium.
    — Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Definition of tintinnabulation

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