What is Pinballing?
1.
When you're so tired that you bounce off whatever's directly in your path (walls, small children, Grandma), much like a pinball does.
I pulled an all-nighter last night, so when I got up today I was pinballing for a good five minutes.
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2.
In racing games, when a player looses controll of his or her vehicle (whether by lapse of concentration, colision, weapon, or other means), causing the players vehicle to bounce uncontrolibly off the walls of the track for several seconds, resulting in severe damage or death. Usually occurs on turns or straightaways while traveling at high speeds.
I was doing really good, but I took this turn to sharp, and ended up pinballing off the walls. You can guess what happened...
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