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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His mastery of the sport earned him a reputation as one of table tennis’ last greats of that era.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
During an impromptu game of table tennis in September 1934, a player accidentally stepped on the ball.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
For eyes, use table tennis balls with black sticker pupils and halved mini cupcake liners as eyelids.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024
The other is Marty Supreme, a project from Josh Safdie that stars Timothée Chalamet as a mustachioed table tennis whiz.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Oct. 2024
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
During an impromptu game of table tennis in September 1934, a player accidentally stepped on the ball.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
For eyes, use table tennis balls with black sticker pupils and halved mini cupcake liners as eyelids.
—Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024
The other is Marty Supreme, a project from Josh Safdie that stars Timothée Chalamet as a mustachioed table tennis whiz.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Table tennis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20tennis. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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