ping – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of ping

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to ping
Participle: pinged
Gerund: pinging

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iping
youping
he;she;itpings
weping
youping
theyping

Perfect

Ihave pinged
youhave pinged
he;she;ithas pinged
wehave pinged
youhave pinged
theyhave pinged

Past

Ipinged
youpinged
he;she;itpinged
wepinged
youpinged
theypinged

Pluperfect

Ihad pinged
youhad pinged
he;she;ithad pinged
wehad pinged
youhad pinged
theyhad pinged

Future

Iwill ping
youwill ping
he;she;itwill ping
wewill ping
youwill ping
theywill ping

Future Perfect

Iwill have pinged
youwill have pinged
he;she;itwill have pinged
wewill have pinged
youwill have pinged
theywill have pinged

Subjunctive

Present

Iping
youping
he;she;itping
weping
youping
theyping

Perfect

Ihave pinged
youhave pinged
he;she;ithave pinged
wehave pinged
youhave pinged
theyhave pinged

Imperfect

Ipinged
youpinged
he;she;itpinged
wepinged
youpinged
theypinged

Pluperfect

Ihad pinged
youhad pinged
he;she;ithad pinged
wehad pinged
youhad pinged
theyhad pinged

Conditional

Present

Iwould ping
youwould ping
he;she;itwould ping
wewould ping
youwould ping
theywould ping

Perfect

Iwould have pinged
youwould have pinged
he;she;itwould have pinged
wewould have pinged
youwould have pinged
theywould have pinged

Imperative

youping
weLet's ping
youping

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pinging
youare pinging
he;she;itis pinging
weare pinging
youare pinging
theyare pinging

Perfect

Ihave been pinging
youhave been pinging
he;she;ithas been pinging
wehave been pinging
youhave been pinging
theyhave been pinging

Past

Iwas pinging
youwere pinging
he;she;itwas pinging
wewere pinging
youwere pinging
theywere pinging

Pluperfect

Ihad been pinging
youhad been pinging
he;she;ithad been pinging
wehad been pinging
youhad been pinging
theyhad been pinging

Future

Iwill be pinging
youwill be pinging
he;she;itwill be pinging
wewill be pinging
youwill be pinging
theywill be pinging

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pinging
youwill have been pinging
he;she;itwill have been pinging
wewill have been pinging
youwill have been pinging
theywill have been pinging

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pinging
youwould be pinging
he;she;itwould be pinging
wewould be pinging
youwould be pinging
theywould be pinging

Perfect

Iwould have been pinging
youwould have been pinging
he;she;itwould have been pinging
wewould have been pinging
youwould have been pinging
theywould have been pinging

Other

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

  • My car was pinging until my last oil change.
  • The microwave pinged. He forked the steak onto the plate and set the timer again. [2013, Francine Rivers, And the Shofar Blew:]
  • I'm pinging their server.
  • The server pings its affiliates periodically.
  • 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:]
  • I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim.
  • 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:]
  • 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:]
  • I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger.
  • The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back.
  • 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:]
  • 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:]
  • 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:]
  • Gary Ablett was pinged for holding the ball and gave away a free kick.
  • Bob has two kids, but he really pings.
  • 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:]