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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And, farther down the hall, the garage has been converted into a joint gym setup and table tennis room to channel your inner Marty Supreme.
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 28 May 2026
North Korea last sent athletes to the South in December 2018 for a table tennis event, part of a brief period of diplomatic engagement that included the participation of North Korean athletes and a high-level delegation at that year’s Winter Olympics in the South.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the two Koreas fielded a joint table tennis team in 1991 that defeated China.
—Stella Kim, NBC news, 20 May 2026
But China’s first world champion, in 1959, was a table tennis player — Rong Guotuan.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 28 May 2026
North Korea last sent athletes to the South in December 2018 for a table tennis event, part of a brief period of diplomatic engagement that included the participation of North Korean athletes and a high-level delegation at that year’s Winter Olympics in the South.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the two Koreas fielded a joint table tennis team in 1991 that defeated China.
—Stella Kim, NBC news, 20 May 2026
But China’s first world champion, in 1959, was a table tennis player — Rong Guotuan.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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“Table tennis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20tennis. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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