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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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.
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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
The package, which will be a key issue in upcoming budget negotiations between the House and Senate, also would reduce a commercial-lease tax from 2 percent to 1.25 percent, along with sales taxes on mobile home sales, electricity and games such as pinball machines.
—Jim Turner, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Not to mention, there’s a good dose of nostalgia thanks to a couple of pinball machines as well as an old-school Zoltar fortune-telling machine.
Closer to our house, the East Brainerd location has a lot of the same decor but still manages to have a personality all its own.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
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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
The package, which will be a key issue in upcoming budget negotiations between the House and Senate, also would reduce a commercial-lease tax from 2 percent to 1.25 percent, along with sales taxes on mobile home sales, electricity and games such as pinball machines.
—Jim Turner, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Not to mention, there’s a good dose of nostalgia thanks to a couple of pinball machines as well as an old-school Zoltar fortune-telling machine.
Closer to our house, the East Brainerd location has a lot of the same decor but still manages to have a personality all its own.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Pinball machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinball%20machine. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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