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ping pong

UK /ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ/US /ˈpɪŋˌpɔŋ/

noun 5
verb 3
forms 6

noun5

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Table tennis.
- Our correspondent seems to hope that the unclean, playing Ping-Pong with the clean, will become unpleasantly conscious of his uncleanness and reform. — 1900
(UK) 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.
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(figurative) An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth.
- 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. — 1909
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A small, shallow steelpan drum.
- 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. — 2012
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(old-fashioned) A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp.
- 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. — 1909

verb3

To play the game of ping pong.
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.

forms

ping ponged · ping-ponged · ping ponging · ping-ponging · ping pongs · ping-pongs

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