table tennis

table tennis
ping-pong ping"-pong`, n. [Imitative.] 1. An indoor modification of lawn tennis played with small bats, or battledores, and a very light, hollow, celluloid ball, on a large table divided across the middle by a net. Also called {table tennis}. [[originally a trade name] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

2. A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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