Definition of Ping-pong ball

1. Noun. Light hollow ball used in playing table tennis.

Generic synonyms: Ball

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ping-pong Ball

pinfall
pinfalls
pinfeather
pinfeathered
pinfeathers
pinfire
pinfires
pinfish
pinfishes
pinfold
pinfolded
pinfolding
pinfolds
ping
ping-pong
ping-pong ball (current term)
ping-pong bone
ping-pong mechanism
ping-pong table
ping pong
ping pong ball
pingable
pingas
pingback
pingbacks
pinged
pingee
pingees
pinger

Literary usage of Ping-pong ball

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. How to Do Science Experiments with Children by Joan Bentley (2003)
"Question: What will happen to a Ping-Pong ball resting on the nozzle of a hair ... A Ping-Pong ball placed in the column of air will be continually pushed ..."

2. Mathematical Statistics and Applications: Festschrift for Constance Van Eeden by Constance van Eeden, Marc Moore, Sorana Froda, Christian Léger (2003)
""Paint one ping-pong ball red, another blue; put them in closed boxes and send ... This is what Reinhard Werner calls the ping-pong ball test: to judge any ..."

3. The Modern Revolution in Physics by Benjamin Crowell (2003)
"The basic idea can be demonstrated by dropping a ping- pong ball and a baseball stacked on top of each other like a snowman. They separate slightly in ..."

4. Celebrate Life: A Guide for Planning All Night Alcohol & Drug-Free edited by Sharon Murphy (1992)
"Player gets three tries to throw ping pong ball into a bowl from approximately 12 feet. (Game is harder than it seems as balls tend to bounce off edge of ..."

5. Newtonian Physics by Benjamin Crowell (2003)
"Equipment: ping-pong balls and paddles two-meter sticks You have probably bounced a ping pong ball straight up and down in the ait. ..."

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