beer pong

[pong, pawng]

noun

1. a game in which two teams take turns throwing a Ping-Pong ball across a table, aiming to get it into one of the cups of beer at the opposing team's end of the table, forcing their opponents to drink the beer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of beer pong¹

First recorded in 1970–75; beer + (Ping-)Pong

When To Use

What does beer pong mean?

Beer pong is a drinking game in which the objective is to throw a ping-pong ball into an opponent’s cups (which are full of beer). If a ball makes it into a cup, the opponent must drink the beer from that cup.How is beer pong pronounced?[beer pong]