Pinball

Full definition of pinball

Noun

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.
2. The ball used in pinball.
3. (figuratively, soccer) A situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players.
• 2011, January 15, Saj Chowdhury, Man City 4 - 3 Wolves, The opener came from a Jarvis ball which struck Aleksandar Kolarov en route to a lively round of pinball between City players before it was poked in by Milijas.

Verb

1. To dart about rapidly.
• 1996, Peter Applebome, Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and CultureLike most immigrants, Gibbs came South for economic reasons and soon found himself pinballing around a world circumscribed by the hot growth markets...
• 2004, David Baldacci, Hour GameThey went off the road and pinballed alongside a stretch of guardrail as the Bambis scattered.