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slot

59 3.4
A machine in a casino that pays money when you win
  • noun
  • /slɑt/
  • US
translation icon : tragamonedas
  • Go to Atlantic City and play the slots or something for a few days.
  • slot machine

So you're playing the higher winning slots more.

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Examples

  • In the refrigerated lobby, a slot machine stood to either side of the registration desk.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • At 115,000 square feet with 1,200 slot machines, the Grand Casino Coushatta became the largest in Louisiana.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Every time you pull the slot machine, does it pay out or not?

  • In the bar, which has no windows, illegal slot machines line the walls.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I won twelve hundred dollars playing the slots in Las Vegas.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • We made our way through the maze of slot machines and gambling tables.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • He almost smiled at his good fortune when he found the quarter in his pocket, slipping it into the slot.

  • I enjoyed playing the slot machines at the casino last night.

  • After inserting a quarter into the slot, the reels began to spin excitedly.

  • She won a big prize after putting her money into the slot machine.

Synonyms

slot machine
vsslot
  • US
25 3.3

A machine in a casino where you put coins and spin pictures to try to win money

is the shorter single-word informal form of the same name
1 4.8

A machine in a casino that gives money when you pull a lever

is usually for machines activated by inserting money and spinning reels
pokies
vsslot
  • Australian
9.9

Machines like slot machines that people play in pubs or casinos to try to win money

is the neutral name used more widely not regionally marked

Compounds

25 3.3

A machine in a casino where you put coins and spin pictures to try to win money

22 2.7

A planned period for an event or activity

5 2.8

A narrow opening in a door for putting letters and small packages through

1 2.2

A narrow opening in a machine where you put coins

expansion slot
  • Specialized
1 5.2

A socket inside a computer that holds an extra card like a graphics card

Surface Forms

slot singular
slots plural

Etymology

Slot machine gets its name from the small 'slot' where people drop coins, and over time the whole machine became known as the slots. That is why people still call the gambling machines 'slots' today.