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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of ghost-pinging. Internet, transitive

   "I hate ghost-pings!"

Verb

1. 1
   To ping someone or some people and then delete the message with which one pinged them, which causes them to receive a ping notification but no message or sender. Internet, transitive

   "Stop ghost-pinging the staff!"

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