pinball
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- //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.
substantivo
- 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
figuradoA 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.
Etimologia
From pin + ball.
verbo
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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.
Formas
- plural
- pinballs
- pretérito
- pinballed
- particípio passado
- pinballed
- gerúndio
- pinballing
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- pinballs
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