table tennis

noun

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

table tennis

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of table tennis¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Spend a few hours at the arcade or compete at table tennis.

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Born with cerebral palsy, he had tried other sports like table tennis and basketball but for him wheelchair rugby was a natural fit.

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There are far too few Hollywood films about table tennis for our liking - something this Josh Safdie movie intends to put right.

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Borg first picked up a racquet after his father won one in a table tennis competition.

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He is encouraged by the table tennis matches that helped thaw historic tensions between Beijing and Washington in 1971.

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