PINGING

Verb

pinging

present participle of ping

Noun

pinging (plural pingings)

The sound of a ping.

The act of sending a ping, as by a submarine or over a computer network.

Source: Wiktionary


PING

Ping, n. Etym: [Probably of imitative origin.]

Definition: The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.

Ping, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinging.]

Definition: To make the sound called ping.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 June 2025

SCHNORR

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”


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