Definition of Table tennis

1. Noun. A game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball.

Exact synonyms: Ping-pong
Generic synonyms: Table Game
Examples of category: Exchange, Rally
Language type: Trademark

Definition of Table tennis

1. Noun. A game or sport (similar to tennis) that involves the hitting of a light plastic ball across a table (fashioned like a mini tennis court) by racquets (a.k.a. paddles, a.k.a bats in Britain) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Table Tennis

table mountain
table mountains
table mustard
table napkin
table of contents
table rapping
table salt
table saw
table saws
table service
table soccer
table stakes
table talk
table tapping
table tennis (current term)
table tilting
table tipping
table turning
table wine
tableau
tableau vivant
tableaus
tableaux
tablebase
tablebases
tablebook
tablebooks
tablecloth
tableclothed

Literary usage of Table tennis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"PING-PONG, or TABLE-TENNIS, a miniature variety of lawn- tennis played on a ... the " Table-Tennis Association " and the " Ping-Pong Association," whose ..."

2. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1902)
"A TABLE-TENNIS TRAGEDY. Ring a lover's knell; Sound a drear ding-dong 1 Toll a muffled bell; Ring a lover's knell t Love has licked love well- Licked her at ..."

3. The Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide. edited by Joseph T Whittelsey, Irving C Wright (1902)
"RULES OF table tennis. The rules for playing table tennis are the same as the regular Lawn Tennis rules, except volleying is not allowed and the service ..."

4. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Libraryby British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, Dept. of Printed Books, British Museum by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, Dept. of Printed Books, British Museum (1906)
"table tennis Association. Handbook of the Association, pp.28. Land. 1901. ... and HARRISON (W.) table tennis, pp. 116. Land. 1902. 8«. 7912. a. 79. TENTS. ..."

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