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pling¹

  • /plɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

noun plings

  1. dated The symbol ! (an exclamation mark). This illustrates the order in which bytes are poked into memory with the pling operator.

pling²

  • /plɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

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Imitative.

noun plings

  1. A soft bell-like sound; ding.

verb plings · plinging · plinged

  1. intransitive To produce a soft bell-like sound. The computer plinged to announce the arrival of another email, this time from Isotta.

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@misc{pling_2026,
  title = {pling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}