Meaning
pinball machine
- pinball machine, or the game of pinball itself
In a sentence
C'era un vecchio flipper luminoso nell'angolo del bar.
There was an old glowing pinball machine in the corner of the bar.
Da ragazzi passavamo ore a giocare a flipper dopo scuola.
As teenagers, we spent hours playing pinball after school.
Mio zio colleziona vecchi flipper degli anni settanta.
My uncle collects vintage pinball machines from the seventies.
Word forms (3)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| flipper | masculine · singular |
| flipper | masculine · plural |
| flipper | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Borrowed from English; invariable in the plural (i flipper).
- Often used with 'giocare a' to mean 'to play pinball'.