"skill tester" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: skill testers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skill tester (plural skill testers)
  1. (games) A box of prizes, encased in glass, and equipped with a mechanical arm with a claw that a hopeful player operates to retrieve a prize. Synonyms: claw crane, claw machine, crane game, skill crane Translations (box of prizes with a mechanical arm): 娃娃機 /娃娃机 (wáwajī) (Chinese Mandarin), kourapeli (Finnish), Greifautomat [masculine] (German), クレーンゲーム (kurēn gēmu) (Japanese), 인형뽑기 (inhyeongppopgi) (Korean), máquina de garra [feminine] (Spanish), árgano agarrapremios [masculine] (Spanish), ตู้คีบตุ๊กตา (Thai), máy gắp (Vietnamese), máy gắp thú (english: toy crane) (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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        "(games) A box of prizes, encased in glass, and equipped with a mechanical arm with a claw that a hopeful player operates to retrieve a prize."
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          "word": "máquina de garra"
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          "word": "ตู้คีบตุ๊กตา"
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      "sense": "box of prizes with a mechanical arm",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "box of prizes with a mechanical arm",
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      "word": "Greifautomat"
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      "roman": "kurēn gēmu",
      "sense": "box of prizes with a mechanical arm",
      "word": "クレーンゲーム"
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "sense": "box of prizes with a mechanical arm",
      "word": "인형뽑기"
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      "word": "máquina de garra"
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      "word": "árgano agarrapremios"
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      "sense": "box of prizes with a mechanical arm",
      "word": "ตู้คีบตุ๊กตา"
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "box of prizes with a mechanical arm",
      "word": "máy gắp"
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      "english": "toy crane",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "box of prizes with a mechanical arm",
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      "word": "máy gắp thú"
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