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  ping-pong

  verb (used with object)

  to move back and forth or transfer rapidly from one locale, job, etc., to another; switch.
• Ping-Pong
  Ping-Pong

  table tennis.

ping-pong

¹ American  

[ping-pong, -pawng] / ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ, -ˌpɔŋ /

verb (used with object)

1. to move back and forth or transfer rapidly from one locale, job, etc., to another; switch.

   The patient was ping-ponged from one medical specialist to another.

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verb (used without object)

1. to go back and forth; change rapidly or regularly; shift; bounce.

   For ten years the foreign correspondent ping-ponged between London and Paris.

Ping-Pong ² American  

[ping-pong, -pawng] / ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ, -ˌpɔŋ /

Trademark.

1. table tennis.

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Ping-Pong British  

/ ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ /

noun

1. Also called: ping pong. another name for table tennis

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Etymology

Origin of ping-pong

First recorded in 1900–05

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Example Sentences

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In January Takaichi and President Lee Jae Myung jammed on the drums together, while Koizumi played ping-pong with his counterpart.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill is currently stuck in parliamentary "ping-pong", where legislation moves between the Commons and Lords until agreement is reached on its final wording.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

His ball ricocheted off the putting surface as if he’d hit a ping-pong table before rolling into the water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

“Most engineers want to do the 1:00 to 3:45 with a ping-pong break and an hour lunch. That’s the way the Valley worked,” McCardel said.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026

Nico found himself in the rec room of the Big House, all the senior camp leaders gathered around the ping-pong table.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

He purchased a Ping-Pong table as his first piece of furniture.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2024

“In a larger space, you can add in a Ping-Pong table, pool table, a bowling alley — really anything you can imagine and your space allows for.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

Based in Manhattan’s stylish SoHo neighborhood rather than Midtown’s business district, Two Sigma built a culture that sought to mimic some of the trappings of Silicon Valley’s tech firms, including chess and Ping-Pong tournaments.

From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2023

The favorite spot among players at the Ryder Cup is their team room, with its food and drinks, plenty of laughter, motivational moments and for the Americans, epic tales of Ping-Pong.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

In its place floated a golden orb no bigger than a Ping-Pong ball.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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