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

Workers have started a $2.6-billion expansion and remodeling of the aging facility, which will host fencing, judo, table tennis, taekwondo and wrestling in 2028.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

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

He said the atmospheric conditions had led to "sizeable hail, akin in places to the size of table tennis balls."

From BBC ● May 29, 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

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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