Fruit Machine Jargon Buster
If you are new to playing fruit machines and the one thing that is putting you off playing them is all the different terms and sayings associated with these types of slot machines then this section of the website is for you!
Below you will find a complete list of all the common fruit machine jargon that you will come across when you first start to play online slots and fruit machines either online and offline, and alongside each is a description of what exactly that term means, written in good old plain English!
Fruit Machine Terms and Sayings
Autoplay - This is a player adjustable option that will allow you to set the fruit machine to play itself.
Autohold - This is a feature built into fruit machines that allows the fruit machine to automatically hold the best symbols on the reels once they have spun in, all ready for the next spin you make.
Autonudge - Some fruit machines will automatically nudge in the best symbols when you have been awarded any number of nudges, this saves you making any game play mistakes.
Bar - A Bar is simply one of the reel symbols on a fruit machine, it is depicted by a square with the word Bar written in it!
Bar Code - This is a fruit machines hidden feature and to activate it you have to depress the hold buttons in a certain order.
Cherry - This is the most common symbol found on fruit machines, and you guessed it, it is a Cherry!
Dud - A dud is a coin or token which is a counterfeit coin. These will usually be rejected by the fruit machine, however sometimes you can get paid out "dud" coins which are often made of lead.
Eachway - This term is often associated with a nudge feature on a fruit machine and this simply means you can nudge the reels symbols up AND down, hence the term eachway.
Fruity / Fruitie - This is a slang name used to describe a fruit machine.
Gamble - A gamble feature allows you to risk any win that has spun in by taking a gamble in the hope of doubling, tripling or even quadrupling you original win by one of several methods.
Hi - Lo - Once you are awarded a hi - low feature on a fruit machine you need to choose whether you think the next number that spins in will be higher or low than the preceding one.
Jackpot - The jackpot is the top prize that can be won from any fruit machine, this amount will always be displayed on the reel glass.
Lemon - A Lemon is another of the most commonly used reel symbols found on a fruit machine, they are often the lower value payout symbols.
Malfunction - A malfunction is when a fruit machine does something it isn't supposed too, if a fruit machine malfunctions then all pays and plays will be voided for that particular spin on the reels.
Nudge - A Nudge is a feature awarded on a fruit machine that allows you to move the reel upwards or downwards one symbol spot at a time in the hope of bringing in a winning combination.
Orange - An Orange is another of the low value reel symbols that are usually found on most fruit machines.
Pot - Many fruit machine have what are termed Pots, these are payout meters that rise as you play the fruit machine more and more. Once someone wins the amount in any Pot it usually resets to a much smaller amount.
Trail - Many fruit machines will have a feature Trail, and to work your way along them you need to spin in numbers which are usually super imposed on certain reel symbols.
