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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot [syn: slot machine, coin machine]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1891 1. a machine whose operation is begun by dropping a coin into a slot 2. an originally coin-operated gambling machine that pays off according to the matching of symbols on wheels spun by a handle; also an electronic version of this machine

Webster's 1913 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, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(slot machines) A slot machine is a machine from which you can get food or cigarettes or on which you can gamble. You make it work by putting coins into a slot. N-COUNT