slot machine

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === slot machine (plural slot machines) Any machine operated by placing money or a token into a slot, especially: (chiefly US, UK) A machine so operated to play games of chance for money, especially those with a lever and three or more rollers used to achieve combinations. Synonyms: one-armed bandit, slot (especially in plural), fruit machine (especially UK), poker machine, pokie, pokie machine (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of vending machine. (dated) A gas stove that requires the insertion of a coin to operate. ==== Hyponyms ==== (gambline machine): poker machine (US, used to play poker), video lottery terminal, VLT (North America, an electronic slot machine) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === methanolics == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English slot machine. === Pronunciation === === Noun === slot machine f (plural slot machines) (Portugal) slot machine Synonym: caça-níquel (Brazil) === Further reading === “slot machine”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026