: 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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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
But Ricochet’s origins stretch back several years before, with Argo’s ping-pong club called King Pong Ping Pong League, which operated above Up Down’s Iowa location.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
The popular drive between Green Bay and Gills Rock takes just under two hours and ping-pongs between the eastern and western shores of the peninsula.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean heartbreaker Hamnet and Josh Safdie’s ping-pong caper Marty Supreme earned 11 BAFTA nods each, while Joachim Trier’s drama Sentimental Value and Guillermo del Toro’s gothic epic Frankenstein earned eight BAFTA noms.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Because the most valuable asset in the NBA right now isn’t those extra lottery ping-pong balls.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Study after study shows that ping-pong (and racket sports in general) improve cognitive function and information processing.
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
In Josh Safdie’s feverish ping-pong epic, Marty (Timothée Chalamet) breaks from his benefactor, pen tycoon Milton Rockwell (Kevin O’Leary), risking everything to erase an old defeat.
—Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
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Noun
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
But Ricochet’s origins stretch back several years before, with Argo’s ping-pong club called King Pong Ping Pong League, which operated above Up Down’s Iowa location.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
The popular drive between Green Bay and Gills Rock takes just under two hours and ping-pongs between the eastern and western shores of the peninsula.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean heartbreaker Hamnet and Josh Safdie’s ping-pong caper Marty Supreme earned 11 BAFTA nods each, while Joachim Trier’s drama Sentimental Value and Guillermo del Toro’s gothic epic Frankenstein earned eight BAFTA noms.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Because the most valuable asset in the NBA right now isn’t those extra lottery ping-pong balls.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Study after study shows that ping-pong (and racket sports in general) improve cognitive function and information processing.
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
In Josh Safdie’s feverish ping-pong epic, Marty (Timothée Chalamet) breaks from his benefactor, pen tycoon Milton Rockwell (Kevin O’Leary), risking everything to erase an old defeat.
—Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Ping-pong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ping-pong. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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