'''Gnip Gnop''' (pronounced with hard GsG's, as in Swedish ''gnista'') is a two-player plastic table-top game, consisting of a twosides-sidedplasticand gametop-transparent unitrectangular andenclosure containing six plastic balls. EachThe sideenclosure hasis threebisected leversinto intwo it,chambers andor betweenzones theby twoa sidessimilarly is a plastictransparent barrier withhaving three holes in it slightly larger than the balls. TheAt gameeach beginsend withof threethe ballsunit ona eachplayer side.uses The objectany of thea gamerow isof tothree presshinged the leverspaddles to shoot the balls up a slightly-inclined plane through the holes tointo the otheropposing side;player's thezone. playerThe whogame getsbegins allwith sixthree balls toon the othereach side wins. The gameobject is enclosedto inwin clearthe plasticgame toby keeprapidly shooting the balls fromuntil the moment all six balls end up in the other player's flyingzone outsimultaneously.
Gnip Gnop was designed and named by [[Joseph M. Burck]]<ref>US Patent 4,191,374</ref> of [[Marvin Glass and Associates]] for [[Parker Brothers]].<ref name="bb100204"/> It was originally released in 1971.<ref name="ct711130"/> [[Fundex Games]] later produced a slightly modified version of the game.<ref name="is060314"/><ref name="demfun"/>
