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pinballed

pinballed is the simple past and past participle of pinball.

Meaning of pinball

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To dart about rapidly.
    • Like most immigrants, Gibbs came South for economic reasons and soon found himself pinballing around a world circumscribed by the hot growth markets...1996, Peter Applebome, Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture

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Questions about pinballed

What is pinballed the simple past and past participle of?
Pinballed is the simple past and past participle of pinball.

Words near pinballed in the dictionary

  1. pinback
  2. pinbacks
  3. pinball
  4. pinball machine
  5. pinball machines
  6. pinballed
  7. pinballer
  8. pinballers
  9. pinballing
  10. pinballs
  11. pinbefore

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