ALL meanings of pinball
pin·ball
P p - noun pinball any of various games played on a sloping, glass-topped table presenting a field of colorful, knoblike target pins and rails, the object usually being to shoot a ball, driven by a spring, up a side passage and cause it to roll back down against these projections and through channels, which electrically flash or ring and record the score. 1
- noun pinball game: tabletop bagatelle 1
- uncountable noun pinball Pinball is a game in which a player presses two buttons on each side of a pinball machine in order to hit a small ball to the top of the machine. The aim of the game is to prevent the ball reaching the bottom of the machine by pressing the buttons. 0
- noun pinball a game in which the player shoots a small ball through several hazards on a table, electrically operated machine, etc 0
- noun pinball (as modifier) 0