: 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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Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
The Timothée Chalamet ping-pong butt gag was juvenile.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
Timothée Chalamet secured his second Best Actor nod in a row for his performance in Safdie’s edge-of-your-seat ping-pong flick, with the star competing against Jordan, DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon, and Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026
What began as niche lifestyle content has since spilled into celebrity PR stunts by the likes of Timothée Chalamet playing ping-pong in Chengdu, and mainstream cultural debates.
—Ashish Valentine, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
Shoe salesman Marty Mauser (best actor nominee Timothée Chalamet) will do anything to be a ping-pong champion.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
The ping-pong film proved especially popular to users of Letterboxd, a social network founded in 2011 for young people who have an opinion on art.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
My ordeal started out as a moose hunt that promised to be about as dangerous as a game of ping-pong.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
In other words, winning is costing Brooklyn position in the race for ping-pong balls.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
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Noun
That lightning in a bottle disguised in the form of ping-pong balls led to the selection of Cooper Flagg, who has exceeded expectations as one of the NBA’s best rookies in the last two decades.
—Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
The Timothée Chalamet ping-pong butt gag was juvenile.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
Timothée Chalamet secured his second Best Actor nod in a row for his performance in Safdie’s edge-of-your-seat ping-pong flick, with the star competing against Jordan, DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon, and Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026
What began as niche lifestyle content has since spilled into celebrity PR stunts by the likes of Timothée Chalamet playing ping-pong in Chengdu, and mainstream cultural debates.
—Ashish Valentine, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
Shoe salesman Marty Mauser (best actor nominee Timothée Chalamet) will do anything to be a ping-pong champion.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
The ping-pong film proved especially popular to users of Letterboxd, a social network founded in 2011 for young people who have an opinion on art.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
My ordeal started out as a moose hunt that promised to be about as dangerous as a game of ping-pong.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
In other words, winning is costing Brooklyn position in the race for ping-pong balls.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Ping-pong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ping-pong. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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