Meanings
adjectivecoin-op (not comparable)
- not comparableOperated by coins.
Let’s first go to that coin-op car wash so I can get cleaned up.
1992, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: King of the Early Evening, Dark Horse Books
nouncoin-op (plural coin-ops)
plural coin-ops
- A coin-operated device, such as an arcade game or penny arcade.
- video gamesA video game for home computers based on (and licensed from) a video game that was available in arcades.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
Clipping of coin-operated.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch op munten, munt-
- op muntenoperated by coins
- munt-operated by coins
- munttoesteloperated by coins
- muntapparaatoperated by coins
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