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table tennis

ta·ble ten·nis
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tey-buh l ten-is]
    • /ˈteɪ bəl ˈtɛn ɪs/
    • /ˈteɪbl ˈten.ɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tey-buh l ten-is]
    • /ˈteɪ bəl ˈtɛn ɪs/

Definitions of table tennis words

  • noun table tennis a game resembling tennis, played on a table with small paddles and a hollow celluloid or plastic ball. 1
  • noun table tennis sport: ping-pong 1
  • uncountable noun table tennis Table tennis is a game played inside by two or four people. The players stand at each end of a table which has a low net across the middle and hit a small light ball over the net, using small bats. 0
  • noun table tennis a miniature form of tennis played on a table with small bats and a light hollow ball 0
  • noun table tennis a game somewhat like tennis in miniature, played on a large, rectangular table, with a small, hollow celluloid or plastic ball and short-handled, wooden paddles 0

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Origin of table tennis

First appearance:

before 1900
One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Table tennis

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

table tennis popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

table tennis usage trend in Literature

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