ping pong

== English == === Alternative forms === ping-pong, pingpong === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. The name “ping-pong” was in wide use before British manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd trademarked it in 1901. Jaques sold the rights to the “ping-pong” name in the United States to Parker Brothers. Registered in the United States in 1930, Ping-Pong (with dash) is still a registered wordmark of Parker Brothers, Inc. Contrary to a common misconception, the word does not originate from Chinese 乒乓 (pīngpāng), though there are possibilities that the coiners encountered Chinese themselves. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ/, /ˈpiŋˌpɒŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɪŋˌpɔŋ/; (cot–caught merger) /ˈpɪŋˌpɑŋ/ Rhymes: -ɒŋ === Noun === ping pong (countable and uncountable, plural ping pongs) Table tennis. Synonyms: (archaic) flim-flam, (archaic) whiff-whaff, (precursor) gossima (figuratively) An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth. (UK politics) The exchange of proposed amendments between the House of Commons and House of Lords, particularly at the end of a session when compromises have to be made to complete the legislative process within the limited time available. (dated) A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp. (music) A small, shallow steelpan drum. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ping pong (third-person singular simple present ping pongs, present participle ping ponging, simple past and past participle ping ponged) (transitive, intransitive) To figuratively bounce or be bounced back and forth. (transitive, medicine) To refer (a patient) unnecessarily to a number of clinics or practitioners as a form of fraud. (intransitive) To play the game of ping pong. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Ping Pong on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English ping pong. === Pronunciation === === Noun === ping pong m (uncountable) ping pong Synonyms: ping-pong, tennis da tavolo, tennis tavolo === Further reading === ping pong in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English ping pong, originally a trademark. See more at ping pong. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pimˈpon/ [pĩmˈpõn] Rhymes: -on === Noun === ping pong m (uncountable) (sports) ping pong Synonym: tenis de mesa (by extension) a back and forth or volatile fluctuation of anything un ping pong emocional ― an emotional fluctuation ==== Derived terms ==== == Tagalog == === Noun === ping pong (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜅ᜔) alternative spelling of pingpong