Ping

How it is used

Informal and very common in tech and office chat: 'I'll ping you the link', 'Ping me if you need anything'. It can also be a noun: 'Send me a ping'. Avoid it in formal writing to clients or senior people you don't know.

Example sentences

1. I'll ping you the meeting notes as soon as I've cleaned them up.

2. If you don't hear from the supplier by Friday, ping them again.

Common collocations

• ping someone
• ping me
• send a ping
• ping someone about something

Related terms

• follow upTo contact someone again about something you discussed earlier, in order to check progress, ask for an answer or add information.
• reach outTo contact someone, usually by email or phone, to offer help, ask a question or start a business relationship.
• loop inTo include someone in an email, conversation or project so that they are informed and can follow what is happening.
• heads-upAdvance warning or information about something that is going to happen, so the other person can prepare for it.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• ping · Software Engineering
• ping · Networking & Telecommunications

More terms: Office Idioms and Phrases

• touch base
• on the same page
• keep me posted
• ballpark figure
• bandwidth
• circle back
• low-hanging fruit
• get the ball rolling
• back to the drawing board
• drop the ball
• on my radar
• up to speed