pinball machine

noun

1. the tablelike, usually coin-operated machine on which pinball is played.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinball machine¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

The original 1993 Broadway musical, with its flying Tommy and galloping pinball machine, was a visual groundbreaker, warmed by excellent performances.

From New York Times

I spent breaks in the exhibition hall, which featured a Jan. 6 insurrection-themed pinball machine featuring "Stop the Steal," "Political Prisoners" and "Babbitt Murder" rally modes and a bus emblazoned with Trump's face.

From Salon

She derided the defense’s account that his wife had fallen down the stairs — as if “in a soundproof pinball machine” — without waking the family, and “then was strangled by her dogs.”

From Los Angeles Times

Kiss floods the globe with band-themed merchandise far beyond the usual T-shirts and posters, including lunchboxes, vitamins, transistor radios, trading cards, and pinball machines.

From Seattle Times

Because particles have a charge, their flight path resembles a ball in a pinball machine as they zigzag against the electromagnetic fields through the cosmic microwave background.

From Science Daily