pinball
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈpɪnˌbɔːl//
A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.
noun
- 1
A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.
- 2
The ball used in pinball.
- 3
figurativeA situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players.
The opener came from a Jarvis ball which struck Aleksandar Kolarov en route to a lively round of pinball between City players before it was poked in by Milijas.
Etymology
From pin + ball.
verb
- 1
To dart about rapidly.
Like most immigrants, Gibbs came South for economic reasons and soon found himself pinballing around a world circumscribed by the hot growth markets...
They went off the road and pinballed alongside a stretch of guardrail as the Bambis scattered.
Forms
- plural
- pinballs
- past tense
- pinballed
- past participle
- pinballed
- present participle
- pinballing
- third person singular
- pinballs
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