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/ˈpɪnˌbɔːl/ · noun
(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points..
The opener came from a Jarvis ball which struck Aleksandar Kolarov en route to a lively round of pinball between City players before it was poked in by Milijas.
Like most immigrants, Gibbs came South for economic reasons and soon found himself pinballing around a world circumscribed by the hot growth markets...
They went off the road and pinballed alongside a stretch of guardrail as the Bambis scattered.
Use pinball when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pinball means (games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points..
Common synonyms include silver ball, pinball game.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The opener came from a Jarvis ball which struck Aleksandar Kolarov en route to a lively round of pinball between City players before it was poked in by Milijas.
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