"ping pong ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ping pong balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=ping pong ball}} ping pong ball (plural ping pong balls)
  1. A lightweight celluloid ball used in the sport of table tennis (ping pong). Wikipedia link: ping pong ball Translations (type of ball): 乒乓波 (bing¹ bam¹ bo¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), 桌球 (zhuōqiú) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), pöytätennispallo (Finnish), pingisboll [common-gender] (Swedish), bordtennisboll [common-gender] (Swedish), pingpongboll [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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