Engine knock
The crossword clue "Engine knock" is answered by PING, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PING
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PING answer page.
Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PING
Every other clue in this collection answered by PING, most used first.
- Sonar sound - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- ___-Pong - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Engine sound - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Metallic sound - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Worrisome engine sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Sharp sound. - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Unwanted engine sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Engine noise - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Ricocheting bullet sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- "Turandot" role - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Unwelcome engine sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Guns the engine - REVS, used 67 times
- Knock for a loop - STUN, used 67 times
- "Knock it off!" - STOP, used 61 times
- Guns, as an engine - REVS, used 53 times
- Engine parts - CAMS, used 33 times
- Engine sound - PURR, used 29 times
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