Pinball terms used by the pinball gaming community which may or may not be a part of the official pinball lexicon. Besides, some of these terms are just made-up… ^_^ If you have a suggestion for a nomination to the New Pinball Dictionary, or you would like to contribute toward a suggestion that has already been nominated, visit the New Pinball Dictionary topic on TILTForums. Thanks for your contributions!

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A

Ace / Aced / Aced OutAfter Hours Beat Down
Airball / Air BallAir Defense DeflectionAlley PassAnother Satisfied CustomerAvatarred

B

Backdoor KickbackBack FlipBail OutBall PsychedBally BrickBang BackBash Target
Bathroom StallBatman ShimmyBelsitoBig FourBig SixBleederBounce BackBounce PassBrain DrainBrick
Brickhouse
Bricklayer Bubble Boy Butterflippers

C

CheesingChemical WarfareChill ManeuverChimp FlippingChopping WoodCliffy’d / Cliff-iedClustervuk Cradle RobberCradle Separation
Crank It Down / Crank It Off

D

Danger ZoneDead Bounce / Dead Flipper Pass / Dead Flip
Dead ZoneDeath SaveDefenseDisco-BallingDrainbowDrainsplosionDrain TrainDriver / Bus Driver
Dr. J.Drop a BombDrop CatchDrunk Driver

E

Eddie MurphyElwin PoseEverybody Out of the PoolExpo ExpresswayExpoGlare

F

Fast FourFinal DestinationFlick PassFLR-ry / FLR-rinessFree LookFun With Bonus

G

Gatekeeper (concept)Gatekeeper (player)Gorilla FlippingGunching

H

HeartbreakerHi-Five/High-Five
HouseHouse Party

I

Icarus RoundIn JailInlane Pass / Inlane Transfer

J

Jailbreak
John Plunge

K

Killjoy
Kill Shot

L

Lance ArmstrongLast Man PlungingLate Night Beat DownLazarus
Leaping LazarusLemmingsLive CatchLonesome LoserLoop Pass

M

Maroon
Maxwell SmartMcEwen Strategy / McEwen SpecialMeltdown / Bonus MeltdownMoonwalk

N

Nine-Out

O

Ock BlockOutlane Drain TrainOver-Under

P

Palette Swap
Paragone
PassyPeavleredPete Townshend
Placebo Power / Phantom PowerPinfolk / PindividualPinjuryPlay it ForwardPocket EntryPost Catch
Postmaster GeneralPost PassPost Pinball DepressionPre-Plunge Pee / Pre-Plunge Piss

Q

R

Rainbow
Restroom StallReturn Lane TransferRobbing the CradleRock the CradleRolling PassRollover (one word)Roll Over (two words)

S

Safety ValveSam HarveyScorekeepers HourScottifiedStraight Down the Middle / SDTMSeal FlippingSeven-Ten Split / 7-10 SplitShatz / Shatz-pot / Shatz*BotShatz the InlaneShotgun / Shotgun SeatSimuldraineousSkill SearchSlap SaveSnail TimeSnipe / SnipingSnowman Spider-Man ShimmySpinnageSplit DrainStackStack Blocker / Stack StopperStage FlippingStereoSternament
Straitjacket SuccubusSuper Shatz*Bot

T

Tap PassTaxi Turn
Tech PassThreadingThree* Egg OmeletTilt Bobble
Tilt KarmaTip PassTommy DollarsTravellingTrifectaTrustTurn Over

U

Unicorn
Up, Over and Gone

V

Viagra Target
Victory Plunge

W

Walk OffWardenWPPR-izeWPPR-tunityWicked Shimmy

X

Y

Z

Zombie Ball

Prospects (on-deck)

“Bye-breaker”
“Crook Drain / Joint Drain”
“Ghosting”
“Golden Eyedropper“
“Killscreened”
“Liquid Skill”
“Newton Cradle Separation”
“Nintendo”
“Pinagogue”
“Pinballus Interruptus”
“Pinja (Pinball Ninja)”
“Pump and Dump / Pay to Play / Herb Style”
“Reversal of Fortune”
“Scorekeeper Teeter-totter / Scorekeeper See-saw“
“Slingshort”
“Walk of Shame”
“Valid / Validation”