Pinball - What does it mean?
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has no English definition.
(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base, 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.
(figuratively, soccer) A situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 15
, author=Saj Chowdhury
, title=Man City 4 - 3 Wolves
, work=BBC
To dart about rapidly.
* 1996 , Peter Applebome, Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture
* 2004 , David Baldacci, Hour Game
is likely misspelled.
has no English definition.
As a noun pinball
is a game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.As a verb pinball
is to dart about rapidly.pinball
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=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.}}
Verb
(en verb)- 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.