pinging

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of ping

noun

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.”

   “When she entered, her eyes and ears were assaulted by neon lights in bright colors, the hypnotic, musical pingings of electronic slot and poker machines, and the clinking of coins dropping into payout trays.”

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