air hockeyn. originally North American a two-player game, played on a table equipped with a mechanism which blows air through many small holes in the table surface (thus creating a cushion of air which reduces friction), and in which each player tries to knock a plastic disc into a slot at the opponent's end.
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1973 Chicago Tribune 11 Feb. xi. 15 (advt.) There's a cocktail bar,..air hockey, ping pong and other games.
2005 Uncut June 54/3 Wonder challenges one of the singers to a game of air hockey on a table that sits in the studio's main recreation room.