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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Once relatively niche, pickleball – a mashup of tennis, table tennis and badminton that can be played indoors or outdoors, by single players or in pairs – now claims to be the United States’ fastest-growing sport.
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Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
There are also moments of levity, with music, dancing and games of table tennis.
—Zoe Whitfield, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
Johnston recalls telling the kids to use their foot like a table tennis bat to get spin on the ball.
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Poole cited the example of table tennis footage in the documentary.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2025
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Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
There are also moments of levity, with music, dancing and games of table tennis.
—Zoe Whitfield, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
Johnston recalls telling the kids to use their foot like a table tennis bat to get spin on the ball.
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Poole cited the example of table tennis footage in the documentary.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Table tennis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20tennis. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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