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air hockey

air hockey noun: a game, played upon a table which lightly spurts air out of various holes on its surface in order to reduce friction, where each player must hit a light flat plastic puck into their opponent's goal using their own plastic mallet.

air hockey: a game, played upon a table which lightly spurts air out of various holes on its surface in order...
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Noun

air hockey (uncountable)

  1. A game, played upon a table which lightly spurts air out of various holes on its surface in order to reduce friction, where each player must hit a light flat plastic puck into their opponent's goal using their own plastic mallet.

Questions about air hockey

What does air hockey mean?
Air hockey means a game, played upon a table which lightly spurts air out of various holes on its surface in order to reduce friction, where each player must hit a light flat plastic puck into their opponent's goal using their own plastic mallet.
What part of speech is air hockey?
Air hockey is a noun.

Words near air hockey in the dictionary

  1. air guns
  2. air hammer
  3. air hammers
  4. air heater
  5. air heaters
  6. air hockey
  7. air hole
  8. air holes
  9. air horn
  10. air horns
  11. air hose

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