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noun

a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.

any machine operated by inserting coins into a slot, as a vending machine.

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Origin of slot machine

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby slot machine

slotback, slot car, sloth, sloth bear, slothful, slot machine, slot racer, slot racing, slotted spoon, slotter, slouch

How to use slot machine in a sentence

As Lamping tested her luck at the restaurant’s video slot machines, Sutton snacked on chips and salsa while waiting for a platter of chicken enchiladas.
America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick.|by Bernice Yeung, Michael Grabell, Irena Hwang and Mollie Simon|October 29, 2021|ProPublica
The terminals were filled with slot machines, giving tourists one last taste of Las Vegas.
Sex-trafficked kids are crime victims. In Las Vegas, they still go to jail.|Jessica Contrera|August 26, 2021|Washington Post
It helped that the flashing lights of the slot machines in the casino hotel we stayed in upon our arrival reminded me just enough of Times Square.
I Thought I Was a Lifelong New Yorker, but Found Happiness in Reno|Svati Narula|August 12, 2021|Outside Online
First, a display flashes and rolls, like on a slot machine, and then it settles on your weight.
Gene Weingarten: Behold, the worst diet of all time|Gene Weingarten|April 15, 2021|Washington Post

Budget problems reached the point that four states even legalized slot machines, which one Kansas judge had only a few years earlier dubbed “the most vicious form of gambling.”
Sports gambling could be the pandemic’s biggest winner|Jonathan D. Cohen|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
Jacob: The last time I was in Atlantic City, I sat at the Sex and the City slot machine and I ordered cosmopolitans.
The Ladies Disrupting the Bartender Boys’ Club|Brandy Zadrozny|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Long-term, the markets remain a casino—or, still worse, a slot machine, where money disappears into an electronic box.
Will Stocks Dive Again?|Randall Lane|May 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It was metallic—about the size of a penny slot-machine bar of chocolate, if you remember back that far.
A Feast of Demons|William Morrison
And now she had dropped the precious coins down the hungry mouth of a slot machine.
Green Valley|Katharine Reynolds
This was a device which has become familiar in recent times as the penny-in-the-slot machine.
A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams
He sauntered over and dropped a quarter into the slot-machine by the door, but the thing was frozen up and refused to work.
Where There's A Will|Mary Roberts Rinehart
I got a wire hairpin and went over to the slot-machine, but when I had finally dug out the money I could hardly see it for tears.
Where There's A Will|Mary Roberts Rinehart

British Dictionary definitions for slot machine

slot machine

noun

a machine, esp one for selling small articles or for gambling, activated by placing a coin or metal disc in a slot

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slot machine

Origin of slot machine

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British Dictionary definitions for slot machine