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ghost-pinging

ghost-pinging is the present participle and gerund of ghost-ping.

Meaning of ghost-ping

Verb

ghost-ping (third-person singular simple present ghost-pings, present participle ghost-pinging, simple past and past participle ghost-pinged)

  1. (Internet, transitive) 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.
    • Stop ghost-pinging the staff!

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Questions about ghost-pinging

What is ghost-pinging the present participle and gerund of?
Ghost-pinging is the present participle and gerund of ghost-ping.

Words near ghost-pinging in the dictionary

  1. ghost-faced bat
  2. ghost-faced bats
  3. ghost-lore
  4. ghost-ping
  5. ghost-pinged
  6. ghost-pinging
  7. ghost-pings
  8. ghost-ridden
  9. ghost-ride
  10. ghost-rides
  11. ghost-riding

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