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pinball

Definition

  • noun: a game played on a special machine in which a ball scores points by hitting targets while rolling down a slanting surface and the player tries to control the ball with a set of levers
  • verb: to move abruptly from one place to another
  • synonyms: bingo, card games, chuck and toss

Examples

  • We spent hours playing 'pinball'.

  • a 'pinball' machine

Movie quotes

  • (..) and buy plutonium. Of course. From a group of Libyans. They wanted me to build them a bomb. I took the plutonium and gave them a bomb casing full of pinball machine parts. DOC: Come on. Let's get you a radiation suit. MARTY: Jesus! It's safe now. Everything's lead-lined. I need that as a record. (..)
    1985 Back to the Future