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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How DeepMind trained a table tennis robot The initial inspiration for the racket-swinging robots came from a desire to find better, more scalable ways to train robots at completing multiple types of tasks. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 23 July 2025 For the sporty set, basketball – at an on-site court – table tennis and other games can be found in Starfish Lagoon (there are sports offered in another area, Calypso Lagoon, as well). Nathan Diller, USA Today, 21 July 2025 Currently, the area is used as a workout space; there is even table tennis for fun. Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025 The cruise line’s Ultimate Family Suite spans two stories with an in-suite slide, air hockey table, and table tennis on the balcony. Alexis Benveniste, Robb Report, 16 July 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 4 Aug. 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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