Glossary of pinball terms

A glossary of terms, commonly used in discussing pinball machines.

Add-a-ball

Apron

Autosave

Backbox

Backglass

Ball Saver

Banana Flippers

Bank

Bumper

Captive ball

Combo

DMD

Drop target

Drain

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Extra ball

Flipper

GI

Gobble hole A hole in a pinball table that ends the game or the current ball if the ball falls in it.

Habitrail

Inlane

Jackpot

Kickout hole

Lane

Magic post

Magna-save

Match

Mode

Multiball (multi-ball)

Outlane

Orbit

Passive Bumper

PCB

Playmatic

Plunger

Popper

Peg

Playfield

Ramp

Replay

Rollover

Slam tilt

Solid state

Special

Spinner

Standup targets (stand-up targets, spot targets)

Stopper

Skillshot (skill shot, skill-shot)

Tilt

Translight

Up post

Up-Kicker

Vari-target

Vitrigraph

VUK

Wedge Head

Widebody

Wizard

Wizard mode (wizard bonus)

Woodrail

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