ghost-ping

verb

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.

“I hate ghost-pings!”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person ghost-pings · participle present ghost-pinging · participle past ghost-pinged · past ghost-pinged

  1. InternettransitiveTo 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!

nounghost-ping (plural ghost-pings)

plural ghost-pings

  1. InternettransitiveThe act of ghost-pinging.

    I hate ghost-pings!

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APA

ghost-ping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghost-ping

MLA

“ghost-ping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghost-ping. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ghost-ping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghost-ping.

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