- Pinging
- Ping \Ping\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pinged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinging}.] To make the sound called ping. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Pinging
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