Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slot machine \Slot" ma*chine"\ A machine the operation of which is started by dropping a coin into a slot, for delivering small articles of merchandise, showing one's weight, exhibiting pictures, throwing dice, gambling, etc.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot. 2 A gambling machine so operated; a fruit machine or one-armed bandit. 3 A vending machine. 4 (context poker slang English) three of a kind sevens
WordNet
n. a machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot [syn: coin machine]
Wikipedia
A slot machine ( American English), informally fruit machine ( British English), puggy ( Scottish English slang), the slots ( Canadian and American English), poker machine (or pokies in slang) ( Australian English and New Zealand English) or simply slot ( American English), is a casino gambling machine with three or more reels which spin when a button is pushed. Slot machines are also known as one-armed bandits because they were originally operated by one lever on the side of the machine as opposed to a button on the front panel, and because of their ability to leave the gamer impoverished. Many modern machines are still equipped with a legacy lever in addition to the button.
Slot machines include a currency detector that validates the money inserted to play. The machine pays off based on patterns of symbols visible on the front of the machine when it stops. Modern computer technology has resulted in variations on the slot machine concept. Slot machines are the most popular gambling method in casinos and constitute about 70 percent of the average US casino's income.
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Usage examples of "slot machine".
She was scowling as they turned in their putters, and Joe was reminded of the look on her face the night before, when the slot machine had kept taking her quarters without making a payoff.
Some of those tourists will stick to our fingers, and it'll help defray the expense of having you brealc the bank at this Casinoon a slot machine.
And when all of a sudden someone does hit it big, especially on a slot machine where it can happen in a flash, they're so surprised they pass out.
Captain Jester's decision to make the Fat Chance Casino's slot machine payouts the highest on Landoor .
To get to the elevators, he had to skirt the edge of the slot machine area, and surreptitiously he sniffed a little, to see if he could tell anything about the air, but of course he couldn't.
He had punched buttons until his fingers were sore and he felt like an asshole playing the world's most miserly slot machine.
He grasped at the memory and then, disappointed, realized that he was picturing the clockwork penny-in-the-slot machine in the House on the Rock and the pale, birdlike, half-glimpsed figure that glided out from behind the crypt for the drunkard's soul.
He grasped at the memory and then, disappointed, realized that he was picturing the clockwork penny-in-the-slot machine in the House on the Rock and the pale, birdlike, half-glimpsed figure that glided out from behind the crypt for the drunkard’s soul.