PINBALL Definition & Meaning

pinball

[ pin-bawl ]

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noun

any of various games played on a sloping, glass-topped table presenting a field of colorful, knoblike target pins and rails, the object usually being to shoot a ball, driven by a spring, up a side passage and cause it to roll back down against these projections and through channels, which electrically flash or ring and record the score.

pinball

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noun

1. a game in which the player shoots a small ball through several hazards on a table, electrically operated machine, etc
2. ( as modifier )
  a pinball machine

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pinball¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; pin + ball ¹

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It feels a bit like being a human pinball to go from celebrating Christmas, arguably the most commercial global holiday, to binge-watching a show about the insidious evils of capitalism one day later.

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And 3 1/2 minutes later, Florida had the lead on a pinball goal by Verhaeghe.

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It's pinball around the six-yard box as it looks like Bristol City will put the ball over the line, but eventually the foul is given.

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The original 1993 Broadway musical, with its flying Tommy and galloping pinball machine, was a visual groundbreaker, warmed by excellent performances.

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