ping-pong

¹

[ping-pong, -pawng]

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.

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

[ping-pong, -pawng]

Trademark.

1. table tennis.

Ping-Pong

/ ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ping-Pong¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Once again: It’s a movie about a mustachioed ping-pong star with a rumored $70 million budget.

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In the Zoom meeting, he says, “We should have the blimp go above Flog Gnaw and rain ping-pong balls, Marty Supreme-branded, rain ping-pong balls on everyone.”

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But thankfully, no raining ping-pong balls made an appearance.

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This regulatory ping-pong creates uncertainty that is damaging to small businesses.

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This year, those include everything from Timothée Chalamet’s cosmic ping-pong epic “Marty Supreme” to a new “Avatar” sequel from James Cameron, whom we’ve learned to never count out on Oscar night.

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