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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The film keeps pace through toe-curlingly tense table tennis face-offs, high-stakes hustles, and a jaw-dropping scene involving a bathtub that honestly puts Saltburn to shame. Anastasia Sanger, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025 The film, directed by Josh Safdie and starring Chalamet as an aspiring table tennis player in 1950s New York, is the most expensive ever for A24. Jake Coyle, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025 Timothée Chalamet gives an acting master class as a chaotic, success-hungry table tennis player desperate to strike up enough cash to compete in an international tournament. Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025 While culture cannot replace hard diplomacy, this Macron visit demonstrates that in 2025, the road to political consensus in Beijing may very well run through the panda enclosure and table tennis arena. Xianda Huang, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025 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 25 Dec. 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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