Pinging

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sound of a ping.

    "[…] walking across the open in stern composure, with the pingings of the hostile bullets, and the imploring cries of his comrades to save himself, sounding in his ears."

  2. 2
    The act of sending a ping, as by a submarine or over a computer network.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of ping form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"[…] walking across the open in stern composure, with the pingings of the hostile bullets, and the imploring cries of his comrades to save himself, sounding in his ears."

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