ping-pong
/ˈpɪŋpɒŋ
/(also US trademark Ping-Pong)
noun [mass noun] informal
Table tennis.Abandoning ping-pong, Andrew became a sports agent and adopted Campbell as his client, or perhaps it was the other way round....
- The local game of road tennis is a cross between ping-pong and lawn tennis.
- We weren't any good at basketball and there were too many of us for racquetball or ping-pong.
Origin
Early 20th century: imitative of the sound of a bat striking a ball.