ping pong vs table tennis

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. 

table tennis

noun
  • A game or sport (similar to tennis) that involves the hitting of a light plastic ball across a table (fashioned like a mini tennis court) by rackets (paddles, bats (Britain)). 

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