Middle English Dictionary Entry

pingen v.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To push (a door), batter; shove (sb.); ~ adoun, thrust (sb.) down; (b) to pierce or stab (sb. or sth.); also fig. ; ~ in (upon); ~ on, punch holes in (sth.); (c) to spur (a horse); goad (sb.), urge, incite; ~ forth, goad (sb.) forward; (d) ben pinged, to be stricken with remorse.