noun
pinball
PIHN-bawl
noun
1
An arcade game played on a sloped table, where a player launches and controls a metal ball to hit targets and score points.
"They spent the whole evening playing pinball at the arcade."
How to Use Pinball
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe classic arcade game with flippers, ramps, and a metal ball.
Common pairings
a pinball machine
play pinball
Word Forms
pinballed past tense, pinballs plural, pinballs singular
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Etymology
A compound of "pin" and "ball."