slot machine

English

Noun

slot machine (plural slot machines)

1. Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot.
2. (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.

3. 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, […]

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

• Armenian: սլոտ-մեքենա (slot-mekʿena)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 角子機／角子机 (jiǎozijī), 老虎機／老虎机 (zh) (lǎohǔjī)

• Dutch: automaat (nl) m
• Finnish: kolikkoautomaatti (fi), kolikkopeli (fi)
• French: machine à sous (fr) f
• German: Münzautomat (de) m
• Greek: κουλοχέρης (el) m (koulochéris)
• Hungarian: játékgép
• Irish: meaisín sliotáin m
• Japanese: スロットマシン (surotto mashin)
• Korean: 슬롯머신 (seullonmeosin)
• Macedonian: слот-ма́шина f (slot-mášina), автома́т m (avtomát)
• Russian: слот-маши́на (ru) f (slot-mašína), автома́т (ru) m (avtomát)

gambling machine

• Armenian: սլոտ-մեքենա (slot-mekʿena)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 老虎機／老虎机 (lou⁵ fu² gei¹)

  Mandarin: 遊戲機／游戏机 (zh) (yóuxìjī), 老虎機／老虎机 (zh) (lǎohǔjī)

• Dutch: speelautomaat (nl) m, fruitautomaat (nl) m, gokautomaat (nl) m, gokkast (nl) c
• Finnish: peliautomaatti, hedelmäpeli (fi), kolikkopeli (fi)
• French: machine à sous (fr) f
• German: Spielautomat (de) m
• Hungarian: félkarú rabló
• Japanese: スロットマシン (surotto mashin)
• Korean: 슬롯머신 (seullonmeosin)
• Macedonian: ко́цкарски автома́т m (kóckarski avtomát)
• Portuguese: slot machine (Portugal), caça-níquel (Brazil), caça-níqueis (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: игрово́й автома́т m (igrovój avtomát), игра́льный автома́т m (igrálʹnyj avtomát)
• Spanish: tragamonedas m (Latin America), tragaperras f (Spain)
• Swedish: enarmad bandit (sv) c
• Turkish: kumar makinesi

vending machine — see vending machine

Anagrams

• methanolics

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English slot machine.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈslɔt mɐˈʃin/

Noun

slot machine f (plural slot machines)

1. (Portugal) slot machine

   Synonym: caça-níquel (Brazil)