ping-pong
noun/ˈpɪŋ pɒŋ/
/ˈpɪŋ pɑːŋ/
(British English, informal) (North American English Ping-Pong™)
(also table tennis)
[uncountable]- a game played like tennis with bats and a small plastic ball on a table with a net across itTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsb2, Games and toysb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryPing-pong/Ping-Pong™ is used before these nouns:
- ball
- table
More Like This Reduplicative wordsReduplicative wordsWord Originearly 20th cent.: imitative of the sound of a bat striking a ball.Definitions on the go
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