Phrase guide

pinball machine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A machine specially built to be used to play games of pinball.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

game equipment on which pinball is played

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in Britain they call a pinball machine a pin table

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pin table

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: game equipment

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: spykertafel — machine
  • Catalan: joc del milió — machine
  • Chinese Cantonese: 波子機 /波子机 (bo1 zi2 gei1) — machine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彈球機 /弹球机 (dànqiújī) — machine
  • Danish: flipperspil — machine
  • Danish: flippermaskine — machine
  • Dutch: flipperkast — machine
  • Dutch: flipperautomaat — machine
  • Finnish: flipperi — machine
  • Finnish: flipperikone — machine
  • Finnish: sähköfortuna — machine
  • French: machine à boule — machine
  • German: Flipperautomat — machine
  • German: Flipper — machine
  • Greek: φλίπερ (flíper) — machine
  • Hungarian: flipper — machine
  • Hungarian: tivoli — machine
  • Italian: flipper — machine
  • Italian: biliardino elettrico — machine
  • Japanese: ピンボール (pinbōru) — machine
  • Korean: 핀볼 (pinbol) — machine
  • Macedonian: фли́пер (flíper) — machine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flipperspill — machine
  • Polish: pinball — machine
  • Polish: flipper — machine
  • Portuguese: fliperama — machine
  • Portuguese: flíper — machine
  • Portuguese: flipper — machine
  • Romanian: flipper — machine
  • Romanian: mașină de pinball — machine
  • Swedish: flipperspel — machine
  • Turkish: tilt makinesi — machine