slot machine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(UK, US) Any machine operated by placing money or a token into a slot, especially: ▸ A machine so operated to play games of chance for money, especially those with a lever and three or more rollers used to achieve combinations.
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:
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Any machine operated by placing money or a token into a slot, especially: ▸ Synonym of vending machine.
The paperback selling slot-machine was only one resourceful trade invention, […]
1998, Eva Hemmungs Wirtén, Global Infatuation: explorations in transnational publishing and texts:
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(dated) Any machine operated by placing money or a token into a slot, especially: ▸ A gas stove that requires the insertion of a coin to operate.
“[…]But I should be much obliged if you would see that the gas people come to-morrow and put my stove in order. It might be done while I am out. That the shilling-in-the-slot machine should go wrong is very unpleasant.[…]” […] Mr. Sleuth spoke pettishly, with far more heat than he was wont to speak, but Mrs. Bunting sympathised with him in this matter. She had always suspected that those slot machines were as dishonest as if they were human.
1913, Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| slot machines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
slot · penny-in-the-slot machine
Hyponyms
VLT (gambline machine) · video lottery terminal (gambline machine) · poker machine (gambline machine)
Synonyms
slot · pokie · one-armed bandit · poker machine · pokie machine · vending machine · fruit machine
Translations (55)
nl gokmachine (gambling machine) · el φρουτάκια (gambling machine) · fi kolikkopeli (gambling machine) · ru игрово́й автома́т (gambling machine) · ja スロットマシン (any coin-operated machine) · fi kolikkopeli (any coin-operated machine) · fr machine à sous (gambling machine) · es máquina tragamonedas (gambling machine) · es tragaperras (gambling machine) · yue 老虎機 /老虎机 (gambling machine) · hu félkarú rabló (gambling machine) · nl jackpot (gambling machine) · pl automat do gier (any coin-operated machine) · pl jednoręki bandyta (gambling machine) · ko 슬롯머신 (any coin-operated machine) · hu játékgép (any coin-operated machine) · ca màquina escurabutxaques (gambling machine) · it macchinetta mangiasoldi (gambling machine) · mk автома́т (any coin-operated machine) · bg монетен автомат (gambling machine) · ru автома́т (any coin-operated machine) · ko 슬롯머신 (gambling machine) · cmn 老虎機 /老虎机 (gambling machine) · mi whakatūaho (gambling machine) · mk слот-ма́шина (any coin-operated machine) · ru слот-маши́на (any coin-operated machine) · sv enarmad bandit (gambling machine) · pt caça-níquel (gambling machine) · nl gokkast (gambling machine) · ja スロットマシン (gambling machine) · de Münzautomat (any coin-operated machine) · cmn 老虎機 /老虎机 (any coin-operated machine) · pt slot machine (gambling machine) · fi pelilaite (gambling machine) · ca màquina escurabutxaques (any coin-operated machine) · el κουλοχέρης (any coin-operated machine) · hy սլոտ-մեքենա (any coin-operated machine) · cmn 遊戲機 /游戏机 (gambling machine) · nl gokautomaat (gambling machine) · fr machine à sous (any coin-operated machine) · es tragamonedas (gambling machine) · ru игра́льный автома́т (gambling machine) · fi peliautomaatti (gambling machine) · hy սլոտ-մեքենա (gambling machine) · nl automaat (any coin-operated machine) · pt caça-níqueis (gambling machine) · ga meaisín sliotáin (any coin-operated machine) · nl fruitautomaat (gambling machine) · tr kumar makinesi (gambling machine) · fi hedelmäpeli (gambling machine) · fi kolikkoautomaatti (any coin-operated machine) · nl speelautomaat (gambling machine) · de Spielautomat (gambling machine) · cmn 角子機 /角子机 (any coin-operated machine) · mk ко́цкарски автома́т (gambling machine)