"pachinko" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pachinko.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pachinkos [plural]
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). 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) 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 Translations (game): 波子機 (Chinese Cantonese), 波子机 (bo¹ zi² gei¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 彈珠機 (Chinese Mandarin), 弹珠机 (dànzhūjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 柏青哥 (bǎiqīnggē) (Chinese Mandarin), 柏青哥 (bóqīnggē) [Taiwan] (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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pachinco

Verb

IPA: /pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pachinko.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pachinkos [present, singular, third-person], pachinkoing [participle, present], pachinkoed [participle, past], pachinkoed [past]
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). 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) 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)
    Sense id: en-pachinko-en-verb-lfSUnuap Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pachinco

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/pəˈt͡ʃɪŋkəʊ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋkəʊ"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "pə-chĭng'kō"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pachinco"
    }
  ],
  "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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