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ping-pong

noun
🔊/ˈpɪŋ pɒŋ/
🔊/ˈpɪŋ pɑːŋ/
 (British English, informal)
(North American English Ping-Pong™)
(also table tennis)
[uncountable]
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  1. a game played like tennis with bats and a small plastic ball on a table with a net across it乒乓球运动
    Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsb2, Games and toysb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPing-pong/​Ping-Pong™ is used before these nouns:
    • ball
    • table
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    Word Originearly 20th cent.: imitative of the sound of a bat striking a ball.