slot machine
English
Noun
slot machine (plural slot machines)
- Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot.
- (gambling, US) A gambling machine so operated; a fruit machine or one-armed bandit.
- 2005 Benjamin Crowell - The Modern Revolution in Physics
- As an illustration of a general technique for calculating odds, suppose you are playing a 25-cent slot machine.
- 2005 Benjamin Crowell - The Modern Revolution in Physics
- A vending machine.
- 1998 Eva Hemmungs Wirtén - Global Infatuation: explorations in transnational publishing and texts
- The paperback selling slot-machine was only one resourceful trade invention, […]
- 1998 Eva Hemmungs Wirtén - Global Infatuation: explorations in transnational publishing and texts
Synonyms
- fruit machine (UK)
- one-armed bandit
- poker machine (US, Australia, New Zealand)
- pokie machine (Australia, New Zealand)
- VLT (Canada, US)
Derived terms
- penny-in-the-slot machine
Translations
any coin-operated machine
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gambling machine
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vending machine — see vending machine
Anagrams
- methanolics
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English slot machine.
Noun
slot machine f (plural slot machines)
- (Portugal) slot machine
- Synonym: caça-níquel (Brazil)