table tennis

noun

: a game resembling tennis that is played on a tabletop with wooden paddles and a small hollow plastic ball

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Marty Supreme Release Date: December 25, 2025 Timothée Chalamet ping-ponged from one biopic to the next, having portrayed Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown and is now tackling the story of table tennis pro Marty Reisman, whose story forms the loose basis of Josh Safdie's latest film, Marty Supreme. Billie Melissa, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025 There, Huang’s skills caught the eye of Paddle Palace owner Lou Bochenski, whose daughter Judy was a table tennis champion and member of the U.S. national team. Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024 China is so stacked in table tennis, Long didn’t even qualify for the singles events, which allows for two players per county. Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024 But its handling of the table tennis competition suggests old expectations may persist, too. Adam Nagourney Lisa Lerer Hannah Beech Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for table tennis 

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of table tennis was in 1891

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“Table tennis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20tennis. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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table tennis

noun
: a game resembling tennis that is played on a table with wooden paddles and a small hollow plastic ball

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