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plinging

plinging is the present participle and gerund of pling.

Meaning of pling

Verb

pling (third-person singular simple present plings, present participle plinging, simple past and past participle plinged)

  1. (intransitive) To produce a soft bell-like sound.
    • The computer plinged to announce the arrival of another email, this time from Isotta.2019, Philip Gwynne Jones, The Venetian Masquerade

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Questions about plinging

What is plinging the present participle and gerund of?
Plinging is the present participle and gerund of pling.

Words near plinging in the dictionary

  1. plinabulin
  2. pling
  3. plinged
  4. plinger
  5. plingers
  6. plinging
  7. plings
  8. plinian
  9. Plinian eruption
  10. Plinian eruptions
  11. Plinies

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