table tennisn.

Brit.

/ˈteɪbl ˌtɛnɪs/, U.S.

/ˈteɪbəl ˌtɛnəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: table n., tennis n.

Etymology: < table n. + tennis n. Compare later ping-pong n.¹The pamphlet 75 Years of Fun (1958), published by Parker Bros. Inc., and cited as the first example of this word in O.E.D. (ed. 2, 1989), appears to imply that table tennis was advertised in George Parker's games catalogue of 1887 (which now seems to be untraceable); however, no such notice appears in Parker's catalogues for 1888 onwards. Such a game at this date is likely to have been one of those denoted by sense 1. F. H. Ayres' catalogue (1886) advertises ‘Parlour Lawn Tennis—the Popular game of Lawn Tennis adapted for use in the Drawing-Room’, played with miniature rackets on a green baize court laid out on the floor, a precursor of the modern game but not yet using the name.

†1. Any of various indoor games simulating lawn tennis, substituting some other equipment for the rackets and ball. Obsolete.

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1888 C. E. Neville Brit. Patent 13,722 (1889) 1 The game of Table Tennis is played by two, three or four players... Instead of Racquets as in Lawn Tennis, cues are used; and the slides or pieces corresponding with balls in Lawn Tennis, are made to slide across the field into one or other of the sections.

1890 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 21 Dec. 10/1 This season the difficulty was finally overcome by the invention of a game of table tennis. The inspiration for this game comes from the revival a few months ago of the ancient English game known as ‘tiddledy winks’... In the tennis game that has grown out of ‘tiddledy winks’, and which is known by the rather trying name of ‘tiddledy wink tennis’, a green felt mat..is ruled off, exactly like a lawn tennis court.

2. An indoor game based on lawn tennis, played with small bats and a hollow plastic ball, with a table in place of the court. Also called ping-pong.The origins of the game are obscure. Early versions were somewhat makeshift and sporadic, and consequently the sense of the example in quot. 1891 is not entirely certain. Quot. 1898 is accompanied by an illustration showing essentially the modern game. The hollow celluloid ball replaced the yarn-covered ball in or just before 1900, after which the game became a popular craze first in Great Britain and soon afterwards in the U.S. See also the etymological note.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > table tennis or ping-pong > [noun]

table tennis1891

ping-pong1900

pong1968

1891 Newcastle Weekly Courant 21 Nov. 1/3 (advt.) Murton's..indoor games... Parlour Quoits. Table Golf. Table Tennis. Table Cricket. Table Skittles. Table Bowls. Battledores. Shuttlecocks.

1896 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 19 Jan. 22/5 Table tennis can be made..easily. The board for this should be covered with green baize such as you have for desk covers at school... The balls should be of worsted and are like the centers of daisies or sunflowers.

1898 Graphic 10 Dec. 757 (advt.) Jaques's Games... Gossima. A most Exciting Form of Table Tennis, requiring Skill and Dexterity.

1900 N.-Y. Tribune 23 Dec. (Illustrated Suppl.) 1/2 Table tennis is the name of a new game which was introduced in England a short time ago... It is the game of lawn tennis in miniature, played on an ordinary dining table... The contact of the light ball with the drumhead racquet produces a pleasant sound and, because of this sound the game received the name ‘pompom’.

1901 Times 30 Dec. 10/2 Whether it be called, with half its devotees, Ping-Pong, or Table Tennis with the remainder, it is a game that evidently has attractions for a great many people.

1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train ii. viii. 159 Whatever ploy she had on hand at the moment, such as lead casting, table tennis, or naval battles in the bath.

1950 P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 4 Games played in ‘association’ include darts, shove-ha'penny, Lexicon, chess, draughts, dominoes, table tennis, and so on.

1973 G. Mitchell Murder of Busy Lizzie xiv. 159 ‘I think I will go to bed.’.. ‘All right, unless you'd like a knock-up at table tennis first.’

2005 B. Clarke Carrying Torch 127 ‘Table tennis is an Olympic sport,’ the professor said. ‘Football is not.’

Compounds

General attributive, as table-tennis bat, table-tennis table, etc.

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1901 Daily Chron. 16 Dec. 8/2 The table tennis or ‘ping-pong’ tournament..concluded on Saturday night at the Royal Aquarium.

1902 Washington Post 23 May 10/1 (advt.) Sporting and Athletic Goods Specials..Table Tennis Bats..25¢.

1938 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 196/1 The Timber Craft Homeworkshop Club..has installed a table-tennis table.

1969 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 79 177 He had filled the table-tennis ball, representing Venus, with flour;..it was amazing how difficult it was to fill a table-tennis ball with flour!

1988 F. McClung Living on Devil's Doorstep (2001) xxiii. 183 One time a group got together and bought a table-tennis table for the rest of the community.

1992 D. Adams Mostly Harmless ix. 99 Each of the flies was about the size of a winged bottle top and all she had was a table tennis bat.

2003 New Yorker 17 Feb. 119/3 He'd heard that Bill Gates had regularly attended the table-tennis events at the Sydney Olympics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	table tennis
释义	table tennisn. Brit. /ˈteɪbl ˌtɛnɪs/, U.S. /ˈteɪbəl ˌtɛnəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: table n., tennis n. Etymology: < table n. + tennis n. Compare later ping-pong n.¹The pamphlet 75 Years of Fun (1958), published by Parker Bros. Inc., and cited as the first example of this word in O.E.D. (ed. 2, 1989), appears to imply that table tennis was advertised in George Parker's games catalogue of 1887 (which now seems to be untraceable); however, no such notice appears in Parker's catalogues for 1888 onwards. Such a game at this date is likely to have been one of those denoted by sense 1. F. H. Ayres' catalogue (1886) advertises ‘Parlour Lawn Tennis—the Popular game of Lawn Tennis adapted for use in the Drawing-Room’, played with miniature rackets on a green baize court laid out on the floor, a precursor of the modern game but not yet using the name. †1. Any of various indoor games simulating lawn tennis, substituting some other equipment for the rackets and ball. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1888 C. E. Neville Brit. Patent 13,722 (1889) 1 The game of Table Tennis is played by two, three or four players... Instead of Racquets as in Lawn Tennis, cues are used; and the slides or pieces corresponding with balls in Lawn Tennis, are made to slide across the field into one or other of the sections. 1890 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 21 Dec. 10/1 This season the difficulty was finally overcome by the invention of a game of table tennis. The inspiration for this game comes from the revival a few months ago of the ancient English game known as ‘tiddledy winks’... In the tennis game that has grown out of ‘tiddledy winks’, and which is known by the rather trying name of ‘tiddledy wink tennis’, a green felt mat..is ruled off, exactly like a lawn tennis court. 2. An indoor game based on lawn tennis, played with small bats and a hollow plastic ball, with a table in place of the court. Also called ping-pong.The origins of the game are obscure. Early versions were somewhat makeshift and sporadic, and consequently the sense of the example in quot. 1891 is not entirely certain. Quot. 1898 is accompanied by an illustration showing essentially the modern game. The hollow celluloid ball replaced the yarn-covered ball in or just before 1900, after which the game became a popular craze first in Great Britain and soon afterwards in the U.S. See also the etymological note. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > table tennis or ping-pong > [noun] table tennis1891 ping-pong1900 pong1968 1891 Newcastle Weekly Courant 21 Nov. 1/3 (advt.) Murton's..indoor games... Parlour Quoits. Table Golf. Table Tennis. Table Cricket. Table Skittles. Table Bowls. Battledores. Shuttlecocks. 1896 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 19 Jan. 22/5 Table tennis can be made..easily. The board for this should be covered with green baize such as you have for desk covers at school... The balls should be of worsted and are like the centers of daisies or sunflowers. 1898 Graphic 10 Dec. 757 (advt.) Jaques's Games... Gossima. A most Exciting Form of Table Tennis, requiring Skill and Dexterity. 1900 N.-Y. Tribune 23 Dec. (Illustrated Suppl.) 1/2 Table tennis is the name of a new game which was introduced in England a short time ago... It is the game of lawn tennis in miniature, played on an ordinary dining table... The contact of the light ball with the drumhead racquet produces a pleasant sound and, because of this sound the game received the name ‘pompom’. 1901 Times 30 Dec. 10/2 Whether it be called, with half its devotees, Ping-Pong, or Table Tennis with the remainder, it is a game that evidently has attractions for a great many people. 1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train ii. viii. 159 Whatever ploy she had on hand at the moment, such as lead casting, table tennis, or naval battles in the bath. 1950 P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 4 Games played in ‘association’ include darts, shove-ha'penny, Lexicon, chess, draughts, dominoes, table tennis, and so on. 1973 G. Mitchell Murder of Busy Lizzie xiv. 159 ‘I think I will go to bed.’.. ‘All right, unless you'd like a knock-up at table tennis first.’ 2005 B. Clarke Carrying Torch 127 ‘Table tennis is an Olympic sport,’ the professor said. ‘Football is not.’ Compounds General attributive, as table-tennis bat, table-tennis table, etc. ΚΠ 1901 Daily Chron. 16 Dec. 8/2 The table tennis or ‘ping-pong’ tournament..concluded on Saturday night at the Royal Aquarium. 1902 Washington Post 23 May 10/1 (advt.) Sporting and Athletic Goods Specials..Table Tennis Bats..25¢. 1938 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 196/1 The Timber Craft Homeworkshop Club..has installed a table-tennis table. 1969 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 79 177 He had filled the table-tennis ball, representing Venus, with flour;..it was amazing how difficult it was to fill a table-tennis ball with flour! 1988 F. McClung Living on Devil's Doorstep (2001) xxiii. 183 One time a group got together and bought a table-tennis table for the rest of the community. 1992 D. Adams Mostly Harmless ix. 99 Each of the flies was about the size of a winged bottle top and all she had was a table tennis bat. 2003 New Yorker 17 Feb. 119/3 He'd heard that Bill Gates had regularly attended the table-tennis events at the Sydney Olympics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888
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