ping-pong

¹

[ ping-pong, -pawng ]

verb (used with object)

1. to move back and forth or transfer rapidly from one locale, job, etc., to another; switch:

   The patient was ping-ponged from one medical specialist to another.

verb (used without object)

1. to go back and forth; change rapidly or regularly; shift; bounce:

   For ten years the foreign correspondent ping-ponged between London and Paris.

Ping-Pong

²

[ ping-pong, -pawng ]

Trademark.

1. table tennis.

Ping-Pong

/ ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ /

noun

1. another name for table tennis Also calledping pong

Word History and Origins

Origin of ping-pong¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

They eyed a compound with nine pop-up tents, a DJ booth, multiple television screens, a step-and-repeat, a ping-pong table, and a 7-foot-tall inflatable alligator.

From Slate

During his first term, this was most evident in the pandemic, where Trump would ping-pong between different lies at dizzying speed.

From Salon

By 3:30 p.m., the Globe riders are warming up, stretching and playing a quick game of ping-pong at a table behind the tent.

From Los Angeles Times

They ping-pong between insinuating Thurman was a bad person for not wanting to have twins and suggesting she was too dumb to understand what abortion even is.

From Salon

They’ll tussle over the control of a powerful drug called Bliss, and, as there are eight episodes to fill, the upper hand will flip between them like a ping-pong volley.

From Los Angeles Times