air hockey

[ air hok-ee ]

noun

1. a tabletop game in which each of two players uses a thick plastic disk to shoot a puck across a highly polished surface into the opponent’s goal, especially such a game in which the puck moves on a thin cushion of air produced through pores in the playing surface.

Word History and Origins

Origin of air hockey¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Running Windows 8, it also comes with joysticks, air-hockey paddles, and a large die to turn this tablet into a gaming table.

From The Daily Beast

And we went on and on for hours, just playing air hockey and being silly.

From The Daily Beast