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aerial ping pong

aerial ping pong noun: australian rules football.

Noun

aerial ping pong (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, sometimes) Australian rules football.
    • 'Australian Rules draws bigger crowds in Melbourne than Rugby in Sydney.' 'What?' Sydney Sam would say, 'that's not football, mate, it's aerial ping-pong.'1965, Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, page 43

Origin of aerial ping pong

A reference to the football going up and down the ground by long high kicks. (Reference: Australian National Dictionary Centre at the Australian National University).

Questions about aerial ping pong

What does aerial ping pong mean?
Aerial ping pong means australian rules football.
What part of speech is aerial ping pong?
Aerial ping pong is a noun.

Words near aerial ping pong in the dictionary

  1. aerial photo
  2. aerial photograph
  3. aerial photographs
  4. aerial photography
  5. aerial photos
  6. aerial ping pong
  7. aerial railway
  8. aerial railways
  9. aerial root
  10. aerial roots
  11. aerial ropeslide

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