ping-pong

[ ping-pong, -pawng ]

/ ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ, -ˌpɔŋ /

Informal.

verb (used with object)

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)

to go back and forth; change rapidly or regularly; shift; bounce: For ten years the foreign correspondent ping-ponged between London and Paris.

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Origin of ping-pong

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby ping-pong

pinfold, ping, pinger, Ping Hsin, pingo, ping-pong, pinguecula, pinguid, pinhead, pinheaded, pinhole

Definition for ping-pong (2 of 2)

Ping-Pong

[ ping-pong, -pawng ]

/ ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ, -ˌpɔŋ /

Trademark.

table tennis.

Example sentences from the Web for ping-pong

Anyone with the intellect of a ping-pong ball should understand how opportunistic that whistleblowing looks.
An Ivy League Frat Boy’s Shallow Repentance|Stefan Beck|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Ping-Pong stadium was a tiny isolated bubble of bounty in the middle of a country shocked into silence.
How to Hide a Famine with Ping-Pong|Nicholas Griffin|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Chinese public had waited so long for their Ping-Pong Spring that they bellowed constant approval of the rout.
How to Hide a Famine with Ping-Pong|Nicholas Griffin|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Who would have thought a game of ping-pong could have such huge ramifications in China in 1971?
The Irish Sports Betting Company Sending Dennis Rodman to North Korea|Tom Sykes|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

In my library/study/barn there is a Ping-Pong table, on which I can pile working books and spread maps.
Antony Beevor: How I Write|Noah Charney|June 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
While we read and write, play at politics or ping-pong, this woman and myriads like her are doing the essential work of the world.
Parenthood and Race Culture|Caleb Williams Saleeby
At the top of the plate is the beginning of a ping-pong net.
The Child's Rainy Day Book|Mary White
There was light talk of a deputation to the dike, followed by the resignation of travellers, cards afterward, and ping-pong.
The Daughter of a Magnate|Frank H. Spearman
I'll never fergit ther misery on ther face o' Ping-pong when he finds it out.
Ted Strong's Motor Car|Edward C. Taylor
We find that this ring loaded with only the ping-pong ball, and weighing a total of 2.55 grams does not slip at the low angles.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays|J. (John) Joly

British Dictionary definitions for ping-pong

Ping-Pong

/ (ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ) /

noun

trademark another name for table tennis Also called: ping pong

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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