Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quarter-eater

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: quar-ter-eater
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coin-operated arcade game.

American usage; Informal

Etymology

From quarter (“25-cent coin”); the machine would be repeatedly "fed" with these coins to continue a game.

Usage

American usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

quarter-eaters (plural)

Synonyms

coin-op

Questions

What does quarter-eater mean?: A coin-operated arcade game.
Where does quarter-eater come from?: From quarter (“25-cent coin”); the machine would be repeatedly "fed" with these coins to continue a game.

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