pong
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has pongedperfect 3rd person singular
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have pongedperfect
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are pongingprogressive
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have been pongingperfect progressive
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pongingparticiple
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am pongingprogressive 1st person singular
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has been pongingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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pongssingular 3rd person
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is pongingprogressive 3rd person singular
Past
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had pongedperfect
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was pongingprogressive singular
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pongedsimple
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pongedparticiple
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were pongingprogressive plural
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had been pongingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of pong
First recorded in 1915–20; of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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Lu - the 64-year-old president of the American Changle Association, a Chinese community group - argued he was simply trying to help people renew driver's licenses and facilitate social activities like mahjong and ping pong.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
“He seems to have been called by every honorary title imaginable,” noted one biographer—“the country’s leading novelist, philosopher, educator, designer, agricultural experimenter, architect, industrial management specialist, general and ping pong trainer.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Chalamet’s marketing deck is full of outrageous, sky-high ideas, like an orange blimp that drops ping pong balls as it sails over Los Angeles.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025
A ping pong ball at top speed travels over 70 miles an hour — so fast it could zip across Manhattan in less than two minutes.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
Pa was born in 1931 in Tro Nuon, a small, rural village in the Kam- pong Cham province.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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