billiards vs ping pong

billiards

noun
  • A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table. 

  • Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue. 

ping pong

noun
  • Table tennis. 

  • An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth. 

  • The exchange of proposed amendments between the two Houses of Parliament, particularly at the end of a session when compromises have to be made to complete the legislative process within the limited time available. 

  • A small, shallow steelpan drum. 

verb
  • To play the game of ping pong. 

  • To refer (a patient) unnecessarily to a number of clinics or practitioners as a form of fraud. 

  • To figuratively bounce or be bounced back and forth. 

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