arcade game

noun

: a usually coin-operated game designed for play at an amusement arcade

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Get our free daily crossword puzzle, sudoku, word search and arcade games. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025 Also starting April 2, children eat free with a purchase of an entree, until 10 p.m. Plus, from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, arcade games are half-off. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025 Don’t miss the Classic Arcade Pinball Museum, which charges a flat admission rate to play vintage arcade games all day long. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025 Several pinball machines and a few arcade games are located on the second level. Ryan Deto, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for arcade game

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First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of arcade game was in 1960

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“Arcade game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arcade%20game. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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