pinball

flipper

Jeu où l’on maintient une bille métallique en mouvement dans une machine pour marquer des points.

En anglais simple : 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?

Expressions courantes : play pinball, pinball machine, pinball table

bille de flipper

Petite bille métallique qui se déplace dans un flipper.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : steel pinball, rolling pinball

cafouillage

Moment confus d’un match où plusieurs joueurs frappent rapidement le ballon entre eux.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : scramble

Expressions courantes : penalty-box pinball, brief pinball

rebondir, zigzaguer

Se déplacer rapidement dans plusieurs directions, souvent en heurtant des objets.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : pinball between things (The ball pinballed between the walls.)

Synonymes : bounce around, dart around

Expressions courantes : pinball around, pinball between something