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

After a fan pulled from the crowd Sunday missed every shot in a midcourt Skee-Ball promotion, another stepped onto Crypto.com Arena’s court to test his luck in a three-point shooting contest.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 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

We walked next door to Barnaby's, an old-style arcade, where we played Skee-Ball and avoided talking about what had happened in the theater.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson