"pachinko" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pachinko.wav Forms: pachinkos [plural], pachinco [alternative]
enPR: pə-chĭng'kō Rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|パチンコ}} パチンコ (pachinko), {{ja-r|ぱちん|pos=onomatopoeic sound of the machines}} ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines), {{ja-r|こ|pos=diminutive}} こ (ko, diminutive), {{noncog|ja|ガシャポン}} Japanese ガシャポン Head templates: {{en-noun}} pachinko (plural pachinkos)
  1. A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan. Derived forms: pachinko allocation, pachislo, pachislot, pachisuro, pachinko machine [synonym] Translations (game): 波子機 /波子机 (bo¹ zi² gei¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 彈珠機 /弹珠机 (dànzhūjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 柏青哥 (bǎiqīnggē or bóqīnggē) (Chinese Mandarin), pachinko [masculine] (Dutch), pachinko (Finnish), パチンコ (pachinko) (Japanese), 파친코 (pachinko) (Korean), पाचिन्को (pācinko) [masculine] (Marathi), пати́нко (patínko) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pachinko-en-noun-vOdK8r4W

Verb

IPA: /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pachinko.wav Forms: pachinkos [present, singular, third-person], pachinkoing [participle, present], pachinkoed [participle, past], pachinkoed [past], pachinco [alternative]
enPR: pə-chĭng'kō Rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|パチンコ}} パチンコ (pachinko), {{ja-r|ぱちん|pos=onomatopoeic sound of the machines}} ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines), {{ja-r|こ|pos=diminutive}} こ (ko, diminutive), {{noncog|ja|ガシャポン}} Japanese ガシャポン Head templates: {{en-verb}} pachinko (third-person singular simple present pachinkos, present participle pachinkoing, simple past and past participle pachinkoed)
  1. (intransitive) To tumble down through a series of obstacles. Tags: intransitive Related terms: bagatelle, pinball Translations (tumble down): 跌倒 (diēdǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), pomppia alas (Finnish)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "name": "bor"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "パチンコ"
      },
      "expansion": "パチンコ (pachinko)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ぱちん",
        "pos": "onomatopoeic sound of the machines"
      },
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      "name": "ja-r"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "こ",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ガシャポン"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese ガシャポン",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Japanese パチンコ (pachinko), from ぱちん (pachin, onomatopoeic sound of the machines) + こ (ko, diminutive). Compare etymology of gacha, from Japanese ガシャポン.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pachinkos",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pachinkoing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pachinkoed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pachinkoed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pachinco",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pachinko (third-person singular simple present pachinkos, present participle pachinkoing, simple past and past participle pachinkoed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bagatelle"
    },
    {
      "word": "pinball"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English intransitive verbs",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, Alex Livingston, Glitch Rain:",
          "text": "She drizzled them in slowly and listened to the susurration of the bolts pachinkoing their way through the refrigerators and fax machines, on their way to some illegal dump.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To tumble down through a series of obstacles."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tumble down",
          "tumble down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To tumble down through a series of obstacles."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "pə-chĭng'kō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pachinko.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pachinko.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pachinko.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pachinko.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pachinko.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋkəʊ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diēdǎo",
      "sense": "tumble down",
      "word": "跌倒"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tumble down",
      "word": "pomppia alas"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pachinko"
  ],
  "word": "pachinko"
}

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