Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ping
Participle: pinged
Gerund: pinging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ping |
| you | ping |
| he;she;it | pings |
| we | ping |
| you | ping |
| they | ping |
Perfect
| I | have pinged |
| you | have pinged |
| he;she;it | has pinged |
| we | have pinged |
| you | have pinged |
| they | have pinged |
Past
| I | pinged |
| you | pinged |
| he;she;it | pinged |
| we | pinged |
| you | pinged |
| they | pinged |
Pluperfect
| I | had pinged |
| you | had pinged |
| he;she;it | had pinged |
| we | had pinged |
| you | had pinged |
| they | had pinged |
Future
| I | will ping |
| you | will ping |
| he;she;it | will ping |
| we | will ping |
| you | will ping |
| they | will ping |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pinged |
| you | will have pinged |
| he;she;it | will have pinged |
| we | will have pinged |
| you | will have pinged |
| they | will have pinged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ping |
| you | ping |
| he;she;it | ping |
| we | ping |
| you | ping |
| they | ping |
Perfect
| I | have pinged |
| you | have pinged |
| he;she;it | have pinged |
| we | have pinged |
| you | have pinged |
| they | have pinged |
Imperfect
| I | pinged |
| you | pinged |
| he;she;it | pinged |
| we | pinged |
| you | pinged |
| they | pinged |
Pluperfect
| I | had pinged |
| you | had pinged |
| he;she;it | had pinged |
| we | had pinged |
| you | had pinged |
| they | had pinged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ping |
| you | would ping |
| he;she;it | would ping |
| we | would ping |
| you | would ping |
| they | would ping |
Perfect
| I | would have pinged |
| you | would have pinged |
| he;she;it | would have pinged |
| we | would have pinged |
| you | would have pinged |
| they | would have pinged |
Imperative
| you | ping |
| we | Let's ping |
| you | ping |
Verbs conjugated like 'ping'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ping'
bing,
ding,
king,
pang,
pig,
pin,
pine,
pink,
pong,
ring,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen (“to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge, feel remorse, incite”), from Old English pyngan (“to prick”), in turn likely from pungere. Compare English pang. See: English '
pang'.
Verbs referencing "ping"
German, old spelling
pingen.
Sample Sentences
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My car was pinging until my last oil change.
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The microwave pinged. He forked the steak onto the plate and set the timer again. [2013, Francine Rivers, And the Shofar Blew:]
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I'm pinging their server.
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The server pings its affiliates periodically.
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Just because you cannot ping a server or telnet to it does not mean that the server is down or inaccessible. [2008, Allan Reid, Jim Lorenz, Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP, Cisco Press, →ISBN:]
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I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim.
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If any deeper etymology is required, Arthur, don't ping me; I'll ping you. [2001 November 25, William Safire, “On Language; The Arab Street”, in New York Times:]
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If certain attendees don't actively participate and that's a surprise to you, ping them an email or private chat message and ask what's happening for them. [2014, Jessica Pryce-Jones, Julia Lindsay, Running Great Meetings and Workshops For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 294:]
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I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.
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The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back.
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At that moment a rifle cracked. The bullet pinged against the railings and whirred off on a ricochet. [1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 101:]
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Charging through the Bolton midfield to find a free moment, Essien then pinged the ball into the space into which Drogba was intelligently running. [2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:]
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However, after an inside pass from Moody to Tom Croft and a surge from the England blind-side, number eight James Haskell was eventually pinged from in front of the posts for not releasing. [2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:]
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Gary Ablett was pinged for holding the ball and gave away a free kick.
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Bob has two kids, but he really pings.
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Plus, he pings her gaydar big time, although there's nothing obvious about it in his comportment. [2022, Maxim Jakubowski, The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories:]