"pinging" is a correct and usable word in written English, and it can be used to refer to the sound of a short, sharp signal, such as a warning sound or an echo.
For example: "I could hear the pinging of the ship's radar as it scanned the darkness ahead."
Their six-year relationship is like a steel ball in an old pinball machine, with a lot of spring action, lights flashing and nervous ping, pinging.
From the back, next to the naughty kids pinging bands at each other, we listened to the gospel choir's hair-raising harmonies and a minister preaching about Jesus "a rumblin' in the tomb".
Louis Walsh has both quit and been fired from The X Factor in the past, but he always keeps pinging back.
This week it announced a $10m investment in a Finnish mapping company whose technology uses the Earth's magnetic field to map the insides of buildings precisely: imagine it detecting that a shopper has reached the detergents aisle of a supermarket, and pinging her some coupons.
AMONG all the questions pinging around the world's financial markets, one stands out: how much and how abruptly is America's economy slowing?
A microphone was used to map how the waves responded, and then compared with the response from pinging an unobstructed flat surface.
And that is before Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta et al, trot out on to the pitch and start pinging the ball around.
The twee-ometer is nudging the red at all times, and the ukulele on top 10 single "5 Years Time" and glockenspiel on the title track both send it pinging into overdrive.
The foyer is littered with lurid, pinging slot machines, and the auditorium looks superlatively tacky too: blue Formica tables, pink neon lights, and digital display boards flashing up random numbers.
The familiar goofy boy scout's visage peered through the security louvres, then Gates admitted me to a nerdish bedlam: piles of old Marvel comics and empty Yakult cartons were scattered everywhere, an Atari games console was pinging in the sink.
