Meanings
plural ping pong balls
- A lightweight celluloid ball used in the sport of table tennis (ping pong).
The yellow cat deliberately stretched himself, yawned, and followed; and proceeded to carry out a wonderful scheme of feints and ambuscades in regard to a ping-pong ball which was kept for his proper diversion.
1904, Frederick William Rolfe, Hadrian the Seventh, New York: The New York Review of Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 9Synonyms: table tennis ball
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lightweight celluloid ball used in the sport of table tennis (ping pong).
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 乒乓波
- 乒乓波 (bing¹ bam¹ bo¹)type of ball
Chinese Mandarin 乒乓球, 桌球
- 乒乓球 (pīngpāngqiú)type of ball
- 桌球 (zhuōqiú)type of ball
Dutch pingpongbal, tafeltennisbal
- pingpongbaltype of ball
- tafeltennisbaltype of ball
Finnish pöytätennispallo
- pöytätennispallotype of ball
French balle de ping-pong, balle de tennis de table
- balle de ping-pongtype of ball
- balle de tennis de tabletype of ball
German Pingpongball, Tischtennisball
- Pingpongballtype of ball
- Tischtennisballtype of ball
Hungarian pingponglabda
- pingponglabdatype of ball
Japanese ピンポン球, ピン球
- ピンポン球 (pinpon-dama)type of ball
- ピン球 (pin-dama)type of ball
Korean 탁구공
- 탁구공 (takgugong)type of ball
Polish piłeczka do tenisa stołowego, piłeczka pingpongowa
- piłeczka do tenisa stołowegotype of ball
- piłeczka pingpongowatype of ball
Swedish pingisboll, bordtennisboll
- pingisbolltype of ball
- bordtennisbolltype of ball
- pingpongbolltype of ball
Vietnamese bóng bàn
- bóng bàntype of ball
Cite this entry
ping pong ball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ping%20pong%20ball
“ping pong ball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ping%20pong%20ball. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ping pong ball,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ping%20pong%20ball.
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