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

Example Sentences

PingPod, a chain of table tennis venues in the United States, reported it had 160,000 registered users.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Timothée Chalamet plays table tennis extremely well in ‘Marty Supreme.’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

In the individual categories, Feinberg said Timothee Chalamet is a clear frontrunner for best actor honors for his portrayal of an obsessive 1950s table tennis star in "Marty Supreme."

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Shortly after the first awards were announced, Bell introduced a table tennis tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

When I got there, two boys were playing table tennis on the verandah.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah