air hockey
noun
: a table game in which two players attempt to score points by using a handheld paddle to shoot a plastic disk across a surface with minimal friction into the opponent's goal
Note: The surface of the table used for air hockey typically contains numerous small holes through which air is blown to create a thin cushion of air.
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Niles’s function has been partly assumed by his equally fastidious, ineffectual, and un-self-aware teen-age son, David, and Martin’s has been taken over by Frederick Crane, now grown into a thirtysomething Boston firefighter with a taste for air hockey and off-brand whiskey.
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Colin Marshall, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
Barkov, 28, a Boca Raton resident and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation ambassador, interacted with patients in the part in activities at the Child Life Zone which included playing air hockey, video games, and collaborating on arts and crafts projects.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
McVey cites an air hockey competition with Jonathan Pryce, who plays Prince Philip, as a favorite behind-the-scenes memory — and says the star, who received a knighthood for his services to drama and charity in Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honours List in 2021, won.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
The expansion offers more family-friendly entertainment, including foosball, pool and air hockey tables.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
In previous machines, says Chapman, this involved bulk optical components sitting on a platform roughly the size of an air hockey table and weighing about a tonne.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Oct. 2023
Think of that ice like a puck sliding across an air hockey table, only instead of riding on air, the ice is riding on pressurized water.
—WIRED, 8 Nov. 2022
Holes on the course include a life-size beer pong, air hockey, roulette, Connect Four and a true/false hole.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2023
Game rooms are designed for foosball, pool, billiards and air hockey tables as well as arcade games to have floor space and for players to have elbow room to really compete.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2023
Colin Marshall, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
Barkov, 28, a Boca Raton resident and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation ambassador, interacted with patients in the part in activities at the Child Life Zone which included playing air hockey, video games, and collaborating on arts and crafts projects.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
McVey cites an air hockey competition with Jonathan Pryce, who plays Prince Philip, as a favorite behind-the-scenes memory — and says the star, who received a knighthood for his services to drama and charity in Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honours List in 2021, won.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
The expansion offers more family-friendly entertainment, including foosball, pool and air hockey tables.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
In previous machines, says Chapman, this involved bulk optical components sitting on a platform roughly the size of an air hockey table and weighing about a tonne.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Oct. 2023
Think of that ice like a puck sliding across an air hockey table, only instead of riding on air, the ice is riding on pressurized water.
—WIRED, 8 Nov. 2022
Holes on the course include a life-size beer pong, air hockey, roulette, Connect Four and a true/false hole.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2023
Game rooms are designed for foosball, pool, billiards and air hockey tables as well as arcade games to have floor space and for players to have elbow room to really compete.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2023
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“Air hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20hockey. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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