fruit machine
A slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels marked with pictures of fruitA slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels marked with pictures of fruit.
» You're not going to waste your money on that fruit machine, are you?
Du willst dein Geld doch wohl nicht an diesem Spielautomaten verzocken, oder etwa doch?
Meaning
3 senses(UK)A slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels marked with pictures of fruit.
(Canada, slang)A device developed to identify homosexual people by measuring their physical responses to different kinds of pornography.
A vending machine that dispenses fruit.
- a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials; certain combinations win money for the player
Examples
3 sentencesYou're not going to waste your money on that fruit machine, are you?
deDu willst dein Geld doch wohl nicht an diesem Spielautomaten verzocken, oder etwa doch? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Is there a fruit machine in the chippy?
deSteht in der Frittenbude ein Spielautomat? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom can never resist playing a fruit machine when he sees one.
deWenn Tom einen Spielautomaten sieht, kann er nie widerstehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From fruit + machine.From fruit + machine.
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Forms
plural: fruit machines| Singular | fruit machine |
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