Skee-Ball

American  

[skee-bawl] / ˈskiˌbɔl /

Trademark.

1. a brand name for a game in which players roll balls up a sloping, table-sized ramp, attempting to score points by making them drop into slots in a target.

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Example Sentences

If you wanted to build a replica of the atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Nagasaki, you would only need a chunk of plutonium about the size of an arcade Skee-Ball.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2024

Customers will be able to digitally place cash bets at the arcades, where people play games like Skee-Ball, billiards and basketball shootouts.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

This one offers an arcade decked out with slots, pinball machines and carnival-style Skee-Ball — as well as a three-lane bowling alley and billiards room.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2022

A room in the back of the pub has a foosball table, a Skee-Ball machine and some old-fashioned arcade games.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

They dashed through another doorway and found themselves in the Skee-Ball room.

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon