pinball, pinball game
(noun) a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pinball (countable and uncountable, plural pinballs)
(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.
The ball used in pinball.
(figuratively, soccer) A situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players.
pinball (third-person singular simple present pinballs, present participle pinballing, simple past and past participle pinballed)
(intransitive) To dart about rapidly.
Source: Wiktionary
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
