noun
a machine intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and overly complicated way
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The engineering students built an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine for their science fair project.
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We spent all weekend setting up that crazy Rube Goldberg machine in the backyard.
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Check out this sick Rube Goldberg contraption we made out of random stuff we found in the garage!
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Her plan to get him to ask her out was like a Rube Goldberg machine, with each step depending on the one before it.