vending machine

noun

: a coin-operated machine for selling merchandise

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Pop Mart livestreamed the toys and sold them online and in vending machines at a time when the Chinese population was under constant threat of Covid lockdowns. Eunice Yoon, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025 David Ketchum, the goofy comic actor and prolific TV writer best known for squeezing into such stuffy spaces as vending machines, trash cans and airport lockers as Agent 13 on the fabled sitcom Get Smart, has died. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025 His character contributed to a recurring joke hiding in unusual places like airport lockers, vending machines and mailboxes. Giana Levy, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025 Someone shares a problem, and Mike’s brain immediately shifts into Fix-It Mode, dispensing advice like a vending machine dropping unwanted snacks. Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vending machine

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vending machine was circa 1895

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“Vending machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vending%20machine. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

vending machine

noun
: a machine from which one may get merchandise after putting in coins

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