table tennis

American  

noun

1. a game resembling tennis, played on a table with small paddles and a hollow celluloid or plastic ball.

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table tennis British  

noun

1. a miniature form of tennis played on a table with small bats and a light hollow ball

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Etymology

Origin of table tennis

First recorded in 1900–05

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table tennis

This small sideways displacement is the optical equivalent of the Magnus effect that makes a spinning table tennis ball curve through the air.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Between games of table tennis and cheap, hearty lunches, the group remembers a vibrant town, full of people and shops they wanted to go to.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

A secret visit by national security adviser Henry Kissinger the year before laid the groundwork for the presidential trip, alongside reciprocal visits of table tennis teams termed "ping-pong diplomacy".

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

Sabbir reads manuals on the theory of navigation, and Islamic texts—or plays table tennis with his crew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

Did Iranians say Ping-Pong, or did they say table tennis?

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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