pinball
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pinball
- /ˈpɪnˌbɔːl/
Where it comes from
From pin + ball.
noun pinballs
- 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.
- The ball used in pinball.
- A 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.
Similar: silver ball
verb pinballs · pinballing · pinballed
- 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...
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pinball game, madness, freak, pepper, flipper, pinball machine, silver ball, ball, skill shot, billiards, pin pool, playboard, spinner, duckpins, pachinko, roly-poly
noun
Similar: silver ball
Translations
Talk about this word "pinball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pinball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pinball. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pinball "pinball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pinball.Cite this
@misc{pinball_2026,
title = {pinball},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pinball},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
