Pachinko
/pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan. countable, uncountable
"Two teen-age boys, after selling their personal belongings to play pachinko, sold their blood to "gamble.”"
- 2 a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board wordnet
Verb
- 1 To tumble down through a series of obstacles. intransitive
"She drizzled them in slowly and listened to the susurration of the bolts pachinkoing their way through the refrigerators and fax machines, on their way to some illegal dump."
Example
More examples"I don't have good luck, so I don't play pachinko or buy lottery tickets."
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン.