The game of pinball involves directing a little steel ball onto ramps and into holes with a pair of flippers.
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Pinball
//ˈpɪnˌbɔːl//
Synonyms for "pinball" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
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4 entriesrelated to
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Translations
36 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- флипер noun (game)
Catalan
2 entries- billar electrònic noun (game)
- joc del milió noun (game)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 波子 noun (ball)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 彈珠台 noun (game)
- 彈球 /弹球 noun (game)
- 釘球戲 /钉球戏 noun (game)
Dutch
2 entries- flipperkast noun (game)
- flipperspel noun (game)
Esperanto
1 entries- flipero noun (game)
Finnish
4 entries- flipperi noun (game)
- flipperipallo noun (ball)
- pallo noun (ball)
- singahdella verb (to dart about rapidly)
French
2 entries- bille noun (ball)
- flipper noun (game)
German
2 entries- Flipper noun (game)
- Flipperspiel noun (game)
Greek
2 entries- φλίπερ noun (game)
- φλιπεράκι noun (game)
Hungarian
3 entries- flipper noun (game)
- flippergolyó noun (ball)
- golyó noun (ball)
Irish
1 entries- pionnliathróid noun (game)
Italian
2 entries- biliardino elettrico noun (game)
- flipper noun (game)
Japanese
1 entries- ピンボール noun (game)
Korean
1 entries- 핀볼 noun (game)
Macedonian
2 entries- флипер noun (game)
- флиперска игра noun (game)
Portuguese
1 entries- pinball noun (game)
Russian
1 entries- пинбо́л noun (game)
Swedish
1 entries- flipperspel noun (game)
Turkish
1 entries- tilt oyunu noun (game)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пінбол noun (game)
Welsh
1 entries- pinbel noun (game)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
It's hard to find a totally mechanical pinball machine. These days, they're all electronic.
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Tom played pinball.
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The ball bounced around the penalty area like a pinball.
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