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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

  • (..) They were giving me .OOO watts a day. you know. and l'm... ...hot to trot. The next woman who takes me on will light up like a pinball machine... ...and pay oII in silver dollars! That's an amusing thought. Randall... ...but when you came in we were talking to Jim. (..)
    1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest