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ping-pong

1

[ ping-pong, -pawng ]

verb (used with object)

  1. 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)

  1. to go back and forth; change rapidly or regularly; shift; bounce:

    For ten years the foreign correspondent ping-ponged between London and Paris.

Ping-Pong

2

[ ping-pong, -pawng ]

Trademark.

Ping-Pong

/ ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ /

noun

  1. another name for table tennis Also calledping pong

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ping-pong1

First recorded in 1900–05

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