air hockey

American  

[air hok-ee] / ˈɛər ˌhɒk i /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of air hockey

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Another pack, called “puck ‘er up,” starts out like a game of air hockey.

From The Verge

Tickets include 90 minutes to play through the course as many times as you like, as well as other games like air hockey and corn hole in the Paramount lobby.

From Seattle Times

There was a Shirley Temple bar, karaoke and air hockey.

From New York Times

In Summer 2016, after they hung out and played air hockey at Santa Monica Pier, they started a “real” relationship, but broke up again in April 2017.

From New York Times

It marks the first time since Turner broadcast Atlanta Flames games in the late 1970′s that the cable giant will air hockey.

From Seattle Times