"air hockey" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} air hockey (uncountable)
  1. (games) 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. Wikipedia link: air hockey Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games Hypernyms: table hockey Translations (Translations): air hockey (French), Airhockey [neuter] (German), Air-Hockey [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-air_hockey-en-noun-kueVoJ9q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: games

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