pinball

Flipper

Spiel, bei dem man eine Metallkugel in einem Automaten in Bewegung hält, um Punkte zu erzielen.

In einfachem Englisch: A game in which you keep a metal ball moving around a machine to score points.

• We played pinball after school.
• This old pinball machine still works.
• How many points did you score at pinball?

Häufige Wendungen: play pinball, pinball machine, pinball table

Flipperkugel

Kleine Metallkugel, die sich im Inneren eines Flipperautomaten bewegt.

In einfachem Englisch: The small metal ball that moves around inside an arcade machine.

• The pinball rolled towards the flipper.
• A silver pinball bounced off the bumper.
• Two pinballs were stuck inside the machine.

Häufige Wendungen: steel pinball, rolling pinball

Ballgewühl

Unübersichtlicher Spielmoment, in dem viele Spieler den Ball schnell zwischen sich hin und her kicken.

In einfachem Englisch: A confused moment in a game when many players quickly kick the ball between them.

• There was pinball in the penalty area.
• The goal followed a brief spell of pinball.
• The match ended with frantic pinball near our goal.

Synonyme: scramble

Häufige Wendungen: penalty-box pinball, brief pinball

hin und her springen

Sich schnell in verschiedene Richtungen bewegen und dabei oft gegen Dinge stoßen.

In einfachem Englisch: To move quickly in different directions, often hitting things along the way.

• The child pinballed around the room.
• I pinball between meetings all morning.
• The cyclist pinballed through the crowded street.

So benutzt man es: pinball between things (The ball pinballed between the walls.)

Synonyme: bounce around, dart around

Häufige Wendungen: pinball around, pinball between something