pinballed; pinballing; pinballs
: to move abruptly from one place to another
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Her shock is conveyed in a progression that pinballs from C-sharp major to A major by way of an E dominant seventh—a wacky jolt worthy of Berlioz.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Sevigny, meanwhile, finds herself being terrorized by her biggest fan — her son, Vanja, age two and nine months, who pinballs across the aisles of the café while his parents finish their breakfast, conduct an interview, or both.
—Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 23 Feb. 2023
Freddie, as played with deft, punkish attitude by the delightful find Park Ji-Min, pinballs through the movie, mostly with a sense of recklessness.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023
But Dupieux has always created mini-universes in which his deadpan-doofus characters can pinball about obeying the laws of a physics not quite the same as ours, so in many ways, the restrictions don’t seem to have restricted him that much.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Sevigny, meanwhile, finds herself being terrorized by her biggest fan — her son, Vanja, age two and nine months, who pinballs across the aisles of the café while his parents finish their breakfast, conduct an interview, or both.
—Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 23 Feb. 2023
Freddie, as played with deft, punkish attitude by the delightful find Park Ji-Min, pinballs through the movie, mostly with a sense of recklessness.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023
But Dupieux has always created mini-universes in which his deadpan-doofus characters can pinball about obeying the laws of a physics not quite the same as ours, so in many ways, the restrictions don’t seem to have restricted him that much.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
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“Pinball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinball. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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