ping pong
Table tennisTable tennis.
» Ping pong is also called table tennis.
Pingpong nennt man auch Tischtennis. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Пинг-понг называют также настольным теннисом. — Vixen96
Пінг-понг також називають настільним тенісом. — deniko
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)Table tennis.
a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball
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(countable, uncountable)A small, shallow steelpan drum.
Examples
25 sentencesPing 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
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
Tom and Mary played ping pong.
ruТом и Мэри играли в пинг-понг. — odexed
How well can you play ping-pong?
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 pongsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball:table tennisPing-Pong
Word family
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