table tennis
noun
a game resembling tennis, played on a table with small paddles and a hollow celluloid or plastic ball.
Origin of table tennis
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby table tennis
table napkin,
table salt,
table stake,
table sugar,
table talk,
table tennis,
table tripod,
table wine,
table-hop,
table-rapping,
table-turning
Example sentences from the Web for table tennis
The turning point in table-tennis history was in Bombay in 1952.
Marty Reisman: The Magical Hustler Who Saved a Classic Game |Harold Evans |December 10, 2012 |DAILY BEASTThey're made by a table-tennis ball crisscrossing the net at phenomenal speed.
Marty Reisman: The Magical Hustler Who Saved a Classic Game |Harold Evans |December 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST“Ariel Hsing's match was the highlight of the Olympics for me,” NBC table-tennis commentator Ari Wolfe told me.
British Dictionary definitions for table tennis
table tennis
noun
a miniature form of tennis played on a table with small bats and a light hollow ball