: something resembling a game of table tennis
especially
: a series of usually verbal exchanges between two parties
… a ping-pong of absurdist dialogue … —
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Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
This is mainly limited to the older celluloid ping-pong balls, which were traditionally made from nitrocellulose.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 26 Feb. 2026
What followed was like a ping-pong ball crossing back and forth over the net, representing lawsuits and countersuits between deed holders and non-holders.
—Dave Lieber
feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
An early version of the best dessert in the house was a great-tasting but untidy wet block of orange cake the size of a solitaire deck with a ping-pong scoop of chocolate ice cream.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2026
Shoe salesman Marty Mauser (best actor nominee Timothée Chalamet) will do anything to be a ping-pong champion.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
The sounds of ping-pong balls bouncing and bags hitting cornhole boards will reverberate throughout the halls.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
Over the course of the four-day event, the fair will host ping-pong tournaments, and at the end, the tables will be sold in a silent auction.
—Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
But pickleball, that cult-like cross between tennis, ping-pong and badminton?
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The members of the Everglades coalition, versed in ping-pong, were now playing tennis.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
This is mainly limited to the older celluloid ping-pong balls, which were traditionally made from nitrocellulose.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 26 Feb. 2026
What followed was like a ping-pong ball crossing back and forth over the net, representing lawsuits and countersuits between deed holders and non-holders.
—Dave Lieber
feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
An early version of the best dessert in the house was a great-tasting but untidy wet block of orange cake the size of a solitaire deck with a ping-pong scoop of chocolate ice cream.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2026
Shoe salesman Marty Mauser (best actor nominee Timothée Chalamet) will do anything to be a ping-pong champion.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
The sounds of ping-pong balls bouncing and bags hitting cornhole boards will reverberate throughout the halls.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
Over the course of the four-day event, the fair will host ping-pong tournaments, and at the end, the tables will be sold in a silent auction.
—Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
But pickleball, that cult-like cross between tennis, ping-pong and badminton?
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Ping-pong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ping-pong. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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