"pinball" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɪnˌbɔːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pinball.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pinballs [plural]
Etymology: From pin + ball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pin|ball}} pin + ball Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pinball (countable and uncountable, plural pinballs)
  1. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Games Translations (game): флипер (fliper) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 彈球 (Chinese Mandarin), 弹球 (dànqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), 釘球戲 (Chinese Mandarin), 钉球戏 (dīngqiúxì) (Chinese Mandarin), flipperkast [feminine] (Dutch), flipperspel [neuter] (Dutch), flipero (Esperanto), flipperi (Finnish), flipper [masculine] (French), Flipper [masculine] (German), Flipperspiel [neuter] (German), φλίπερ (flíper) [neuter] (Greek), φλιπεράκι (fliperáki) [neuter] (Greek), flipper (Hungarian), flipper [masculine] (Italian), ピンボール (pinbōru) (Japanese), флипер (fliper) [masculine] (Macedonian), флиперска игра (fliperska igra) [feminine] (Macedonian), pinball [masculine] (Portuguese), пинбо́л (pinból) [masculine] (Russian), flipperspel [neuter] (Swedish), tilt oyunu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pinball-en-noun-Q~Wa3ZCv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 2 17 37 Topics: games Disambiguation of 'game': 81 0 19
  2. The ball used in pinball. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (ball): 波子 (bo¹ zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), flipperipallo (Finnish), pallo (Finnish), bille [feminine] (French), flippergolyó (Hungarian), golyó (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-pinball-en-noun-1RR-FLFY Disambiguation of 'ball': 26 49 25
  3. (figuratively, soccer) A situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Categories (topical): Football (soccer)
    Sense id: en-pinball-en-noun-laFO6vi1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 2 17 37 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: silver ball Derived forms: pinball machine

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpɪnˌbɔːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pinball.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pinballs [present, singular, third-person], pinballing [participle, present], pinballed [participle, past], pinballed [past]
Etymology: From pin + ball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pin|ball}} pin + ball Head templates: {{en-verb}} pinball (third-person singular simple present pinballs, present participle pinballing, simple past and past participle pinballed)
  1. (intransitive) To dart about rapidly. Tags: intransitive Related terms: bagatelle, pachinko Translations (to dart about rapidly): singahdella (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pinball-en-verb-MEQeub0G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 2 17 37

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /pĩˈbɔw/ [Brazil], [pĩˈbɔʊ̯] [Brazil] Forms: pinballs [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English pinball. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|en|pinball}} Unadapted borrowing from English pinball Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|#s}} pinball m (plural pinballs)
  1. (games) pinball (an arcade game) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-pinball-pt-noun-cf-3d8Ld Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Topics: games

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈpimbal/, [ˈpĩm.bal], /ˈpimbol/, [ˈpĩm.bol] Forms: pinballs [plural]
Rhymes: -imbal, -imbol Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English pinball. Etymology templates: {{ubor|es|en|pinball}} Unadapted borrowing from English pinball Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} pinball m (plural pinballs)
  1. pinball Wikipedia link: Royal Spanish Academy Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pinball-es-noun-mNL3a-OH Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "game",
      "word": "彈球"
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      "sense": "game",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "钉球戏"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "game",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "Flipper"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "ピンボール"
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      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "флиперска игра"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "game",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "yue",
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      "word": "波子"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ball",
      "word": "pallo"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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          "ref": "1996, Peter Applebome, Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "singahdella"
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      "ipa": "[ˈpĩm.bal]"
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      "ipa": "[ˈpĩm.bol]"
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