Definitions for table tennis
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1. table tennis, Ping-Pongnoun

   a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball

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1. table tennisnoun

   A game or sport (similar to tennis) that involves the hitting of a light plastic ball across a table (fashioned like a mini tennis court) by racquets (a.k.a. paddles, a.k.a bats in Britain)

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1. Table tennis

   Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: Players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce once on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage. Table tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926. ITTF currently includes 226 member associations. The official rules are specified in the ITTF handbook. Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988, with several event categories. From 1988 until 2004, these were men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles. Since 2008, a team event has been played instead of the doubles.

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1. Table tennis

   Table tennis is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, players must allow a ball played toward them only one bounce on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. Points are scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage. When doing so the hitter has a good chance of scoring if the spin is successful. Table tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International Table Tennis Federation, founded in 1926. ITTF currently includes 218 member associations. The table tennis official rules are specified in the ITTF handbook. Since 1988, table tennis has been an Olympic sport, with several event categories. In particular, from 1988 until 2004, these were: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles. Since 2008 a team event has been played instead of the doubles.

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How to pronounce table tennis?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of table tennis in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of table tennis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of table tennis in a Sentence

1. Kazuo Oda:

   He likes table tennis.

2. Jun Mizutani:

   I’m really happy that we’re making table tennis history. We’re carrying on the momentum to the finals, i look forward to the game because it’s against China. We haven’t had a chance to compete with them for a while.

3. Nick Telson:

   We're seeing a lot more requests for something a little different, like ping pong (table tennis) -- more team bonding activities.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=table tennis
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Table_Tennis
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Tennis
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=table tennis