beer pong

noun

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: a game in which a set of beer-containing cups is placed at two ends of a table and in which a player scores by bouncing or tossing a Ping-Pong ball into an opponent's cup from which the opponent then has to drink the beer

Examples of beer pong in a Sentence

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Word History

Etymology

beer + Ping-Pong

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of beer pong was in 1972

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“Beer pong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beer%20pong. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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