pachinko
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pachinko
- /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/
Rhymes with -ɪŋkəʊ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン.
noun pachinkos · pachinco
- A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan. Two teen-age boys, after selling their personal belongings to play pachinko, sold their blood to "gamble.”
verb pachinkos · pachinkoing · pachinkoed · pachinco
- To tumble down through a series of obstacles. She drizzled them in slowly and listened to the susurration of the bolts pachinkoing their way through the refrigerators and fax machines, on their way to some illegal dump.
Translations
Talk about this word "pachinko." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pachinko. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pachinko. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pachinko "pachinko." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pachinko.Cite this
@misc{pachinko_2026,
title = {pachinko},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pachinko},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
