"ping pong" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ/ [UK], /ˈpiŋˌpɒŋ/ [UK], /ˈpɪŋˌpɔŋ/ [General-American], /ˈpɪŋˌpɑŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ping-pong.ogg [US] Forms: ping pongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic, {{zh-l|乒乓}} 乒乓 (pīngpāng) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ping pong (countable and uncountable, plural ping pongs)
  1. Table tennis. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: flim-flam [archaic], whiff-whaff [archaic], gossima Derived forms: aerial ping pong, beer pong, ping pong ball, ping-pong diplomacy, ping-pongist, ping pong show
    Sense id: en-ping_pong-en-noun-LZAOm-N7 Disambiguation of Sports: 20 10 14 15 4 13 13 11 Categories (other): English apophonic reduplications, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks, English onomatopoeias, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English apophonic reduplications: 28 4 17 7 4 13 13 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 4 14 5 3 13 13 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 44 5 13 5 3 9 10 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 3 14 5 4 9 9 11 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 40 3 14 6 3 11 11 13 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 29 3 18 7 3 13 13 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 4 15 7 5 12 12 13
  2. (figuratively) An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ping_pong-en-noun-HhQ6Nqjq
  3. (UK politics) The exchange of proposed amendments between the two Houses of Parliament, particularly at the end of a session when compromises have to be made to complete the legislative process within the limited time available. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): UK politics
    Sense id: en-ping_pong-en-noun-ZTHclspO Topics: government, politics
  4. (dated) A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ping_pong-en-noun-E1c1olpW
  5. (music) A small, shallow steelpan drum. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Musical instruments
    Sense id: en-ping_pong-en-noun-vGE4K-Ir Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ/ [UK], /ˈpiŋˌpɒŋ/ [UK], /ˈpɪŋˌpɔŋ/ [General-American], /ˈpɪŋˌpɑŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ping-pong.ogg [US] Forms: ping pongs [present, singular, third-person], ping ponging [participle, present], ping ponged [participle, past], ping ponged [past]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic, {{zh-l|乒乓}} 乒乓 (pīngpāng) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ping pong (third-person singular simple present ping pongs, present participle ping ponging, simple past and past participle ping ponged)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To figuratively bounce or be bounced back and forth. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-ping_pong-en-verb-DeHsT8a1
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To figuratively bounce or be bounced back and forth.
    (transitive, medicine) To refer (a patient) unnecessarily to a number of clinics or practitioners as a form of fraud.
    Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-ping_pong-en-verb-nMlKKpWR Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (intransitive) To play the game of ping pong. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: ping-pong, pingpong
    Sense id: en-ping_pong-en-verb-eCLWd2Gz

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "乒乓球",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú)",
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "πινγκ πονγκ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: πινγκ πονγκ (pingk pongk)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "ping pong",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: ping pong",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: ping pong"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ピンポン",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "pin pon"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ピンポン (pin pon)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ピンポン (pin pon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pingue-pongue",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: pingue-pongue",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: pingue-pongue"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пинг-понг",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пинг-понг (ping-pong)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: пинг-понг (ping-pong)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "ping pong",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: ping pong",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: ping pong"
    }
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          "ref": "1900, Daily Chronicle, published 1905, May 8, page 6/6",
          "text": "Our correspondent seems to hope that the unclean, playing Ping-Pong with the clean, will become unpleasantly conscious of his uncleanness and reform.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Table tennis."
      ],
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        [
          "Table tennis",
          "table tennis"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
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          "word": "flim-flam"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
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          "word": "whiff-whaff"
        },
        {
          "word": "gossima"
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1909, Thaddeus L. Bolton, “On the Efficacy of Consciousness”, in Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge, Wendell T. Bush, editors, The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, volume 6, New York: The Science Press, page 424",
          "text": "To be conscious is to be subject to just such a ping-pong of recurring nervous activities that effect muscle tone on one side and brain discharge on the other.",
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        }
      ],
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        "An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth."
      ],
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        "(figuratively) An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:UK politics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The exchange of proposed amendments between the two Houses of Parliament, particularly at the end of a session when compromises have to be made to complete the legislative process within the limited time available."
      ],
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        "(UK politics) The exchange of proposed amendments between the two Houses of Parliament, particularly at the end of a session when compromises have to be made to complete the legislative process within the limited time available."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1909, James Boniface Schriever, Commercial, press, scientific photography, page 401",
          "text": "As only bust or half-length figures are all the ping pong photographer attempts, only one or two small plain backgrounds is all that is necessary. Generally two are used, a light one and a dark one.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp."
      ],
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        [
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          "photograph"
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          "postage stamp",
          "postage stamp"
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      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "dated",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Musical instruments"
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Angela Smith, Steel Drums and Steelbands: A History, page 158",
          "text": "Most ping pongs were 35- to 45-gallon drums. The larger drum had room for more notes; the tones were also louder and clearer and could be sustained longer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small, shallow steelpan drum."
      ],
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "steelpan",
          "steelpan"
        ],
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          "drum",
          "drum"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A small, shallow steelpan drum."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpiŋˌpɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪŋˌpɔŋ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɪŋˌpɑŋ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-ping-pong.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-us-ping-pong.ogg/En-us-ping-pong.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-us-ping-pong.ogg",
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        "US"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "word": "ping-pong"
    },
    {
      "word": "pingpong"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ping pong"
}

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    "English multiword terms",
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    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒŋ",
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      "form": "ping ponging",
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        "present"
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        "participle",
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English transitive verbs"
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        "To figuratively bounce or be bounced back and forth."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To figuratively bounce or be bounced back and forth."
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To figuratively bounce or be bounced back and forth.",
        "To refer (a patient) unnecessarily to a number of clinics or practitioners as a form of fraud."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ],
        [
          "patient",
          "patient"
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          "clinic",
          "clinic"
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        [
          "practitioner",
          "practitioner"
        ],
        [
          "fraud",
          "fraud"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To figuratively bounce or be bounced back and forth.",
        "(transitive, medicine) To refer (a patient) unnecessarily to a number of clinics or practitioners as a form of fraud."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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    },
    {
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        "English intransitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To play the game of ping pong."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To play the game of ping pong."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpiŋˌpɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪŋˌpɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪŋˌpɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-ping-pong.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-us-ping-pong.ogg/En-us-ping-pong.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-us-ping-pong.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ping-pong"
    },
    {
      "word": "pingpong"
    }
  ],
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}

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