pinball machine
noun
: an amusement device in which a ball propelled by a plunger scores points as it rolls down a slanting surface among pins and targets
called also pinball game
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Smith triggered the public debut of owner Bill Veeck’s biggest, baddest pinball machine — his $300,000 exploding scoreboard.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Moore designed his pinball machine to complete the analogy to the Turing machine.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025
Around the corner in an adjoining room, a silvery space-age pinball machine sits with a cartoon-style side profile of Pharrell Williams backlit above the screen that displays the score.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
Zoom in: On display are a drum set from Kiss' Farewell Tour, six pinball machines, and historic photos of famous rock stars.
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Moore designed his pinball machine to complete the analogy to the Turing machine.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025
Around the corner in an adjoining room, a silvery space-age pinball machine sits with a cartoon-style side profile of Pharrell Williams backlit above the screen that displays the score.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
Zoom in: On display are a drum set from Kiss' Farewell Tour, six pinball machines, and historic photos of famous rock stars.
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pinball machine
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“Pinball machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinball%20machine. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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