verbs
make light, repeated taps on a surface
"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
sound like a car engine that is firing too early
"the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"
cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
is a type of (narrower)
separate with or as if with an instrument
"Cut the rope"