different between pinball vs rolldown

English

Etymology

From pin +? ball

Noun

pinball (countable and uncountable, plural pinballs)

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.

Derived terms

• pinball machine

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: pinball
• ? Spanish: pinball

Translations

Verb

pinball (third-person singular simple present pinballs, present participle pinballing, simple past and past participle pinballed)

1. (intransitive) To dart about rapidly.

Translations

See also

• bagatelle
• pachinko

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pinball.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /p?.?b?w/

Noun

pinball m (plural pinballs)

1. (games) pinball (an arcade game)

Spanish

Etymology

From English pinball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pimbal/, [?p?m.bal]

Noun

pinball m (plural pinballs)

1. pinball

English

Etymology

roll +? down

Adjective

rolldown (not comparable)

1. Capable of being rolled down.
   • 1992, Aras Ören, Please, no police

     Then he rolled down the wooden blinds inside, opened the door and pulled halfway down the metal rolldown shutter outside.

Noun

rolldown (plural rolldowns)

1. (pinball, often attributive) An older form of pinball where the player rolls a ball manually down the table rather than propelling it onto the table with a plunger.
   • 1948, Billboard (24 January 1948, page 76)

     New rolldown uses pinball-size balls and, except for the fact that the game has the conventional open rolldown table end and does not use a plunger, the game's playing surface resembles the pinball variation of Bermuda.

   • 1949, Billboard (volume 61, page 82)

     Attracted by game operation, many invested heavily in pins and rolldowns prior to last spring.