Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Table tennis.

    a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth.

  3. (UK, countable, uncountable)The exchange of proposed amendments between the House of Commons and House of Lords, particularly at the end of a session when compromises have to be made to complete the legislative process within the limited time available.

  4. (countable, dated, uncountable)A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A small, shallow steelpan drum.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Ping pong is also called table tennis.

    Пінг-понг також називають настільним тенісом. — deniko

    ruПинг-понг называют также настольным теннисом. — Vixen96

    dePingpong nennt man auch Tischtennis. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom and Mary are still playing ping pong.

    Том та Мері все ще грають у настільний теніс. — deniko

    ruТом и Мэри всё ещё играют в настольный теннис. — wess

    deTom und Maria spielen noch immer Tischtennis. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom and Mary played ping pong.

    ruТом и Мэри играли в пинг-понг. — odexed

  4. How well can you play ping-pong?

  5. Tom can't remember which ping-pong paddle is his.

Origin

Onomatopoeic. The name “ping-pong” was in wide use before British manufacturer J. Jaques &

Onomatopoeic. The name “ping-pong” was in wide use before British manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd trademarked it in 1901. Jaques sold the rights to the “ping-pong” name in the United States to Parker Brothers. Registered in the United States in 1930, Ping-Pong (with dash) is still a registered wordmark of Parker Brothers, Inc. Contrary to a common misconception, the word does not originate from Chinese 乒乓 (pīngpāng), though there are possibilities that the coiners encountered Chinese themselves.

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Forms

plural: ping pongs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball:table tennisPing-Pong

Word family

3 related words

See also

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