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Definition of Pinball
1. Noun. A game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets.
Definition of Pinball
1. Noun. (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. ¹
2. Noun. The ball used in pinball. ¹
3. Noun. (figuratively soccer) A situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players. ¹
4. Verb. To dart about rapidly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pinball
1. to move abruptly from one place to another [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinball
Literary usage of Pinball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Proceedings by Yusuf Pisan, SIGART. (2005)
"This is where "The Pipeline pinball Energy Thrill Ride Game" comes into being.
This lecture demonstration, meant to accompany a viewing of the game design ..."
2. Clausewitzian Friction & Future War by Barry D. Watts (1996)
"... pinball machine of infinite length. Edward Lorentz has characterized its
behavior as being sensitively dependent on a single "interior" initial ..."
3. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"The program was a computer version of a pinball game with innovative graphics.
... Budge then developed another innovative program called pinball ..."
4. Governing in the Round: Strategies for Holistic Government by Perri 6, Perri Co (1999)
"Only central government can persuade these bodies to develop systems of professional
recognition and status for those who take up ‘pinball careers' , moving ..."
5. Old People by Harriet Eliza Paine, Alice Brown (1910)
"... to make a new pinball for that careless grandchild who forgot to kiss you when
she went, and who has lost the pinball you made for her at Christmas ? ..."
6. Daily Word Problems, Grade 5 by Jill Norris, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Amy Beth Tuttle, Wes Tuttle, Don Robinson (2001)
"Daily Word Problems Tuesday-Week 4 The arcade has three pinball machines and five
... If a person wants to play one pinball machine and one video game, ..."
7. Daily Word Problems: Student Practice Books by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2007)
"If a person wants to play one pinball machine and one video game, how many
different combinations of games could that person play? ..."
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