Definition of "pings" []

• Plural form of ping. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ping. (verb)

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• "He said "pings" - signals sent from a cell phone to a provider tower, or vice versa - from the women's phone calls helped narrow the search area."
• "DC POLICE DETECTIVE SERVED ON FBI TERRORISM TASK FORCE: Nancy, I think that cell phone pings, that is crucial to this, just as Leonard was saying."
• "Police say that cell phone signals known as pings led them there."