- assign a time slot; 'slot a television program'
- a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail); 'he put a quarter in the slot'
- a slot machine that is used for gambling; 'they spend hours and hours just playing the slots'
- (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; 'the PC had three slots for additional memory'
- a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; 'he developed a version of slot grammar'
- the trail of an animal (especially a deer); 'he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees'
- a position in a hierarchy or organization; 'Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks'; 'she beat some tough competition for the number one slot'
- a time assigned on a schedule or agenda; 'the TV program has a new time slot'; 'an aircraft landing slot'
or onearm bandit
/ ˈwʌnˌɑrmd /
Crossword & Games. Cameras in the ceiling capture every hand reaching for a lever on every slot, every chip slid across a blackjack table and every tub of coins redeemed at. Coin-operated machine list starting with the letter C.
nounInformal.
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Origin ofone-armed bandit
Words nearby one-armed bandit
one-acter, one and all, one and only, one and the same, one another, one-armed bandit, on earth, on easy street, one-bagger, one-base hit, one by one
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British Dictionary definitions forone-armed bandit
noun
a fruit machine operated by pulling down a lever at one side
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Idioms and Phrases withone-armed bandit
A slot machine, as in It's amazing how many people think they can make money playing a one-armed bandit. This term refers to both appearance and function: the operating lever looks like an arm, and the machine in effect robs players, since it “wins” and keeps the player's money in an overwhelming majority of instances. [c. 1930]
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