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slot

UK/slɒt/ US/slɑt/ fairly common informal slang uk
noun (7) verb (1)

noun

1.

a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable

  • “he developed a version of slot grammar”
2.

a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)

  • “he put a quarter in the slot”
3.

a time assigned on a schedule or agenda

  • “the TV program has a new time slot”
  • “an aircraft landing slot”
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4.

a position in a hierarchy or organization

  • “Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks”
  • “she beat some tough competition for the number one slot”
5.

the trail of an animal (especially a deer)

  • “he followed the deer”
6.

(computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board

  • “the PC had three slots for additional memory”
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7.

a slot machine that is used for gambling

  • “they spend hours and hours just playing the slots”
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verb

1.

assign a time slot

  • “slot a television programs”

Origin

From Middle English slot, from Middle Low German slot or Middle Dutch slot, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą, related to the verb *sleutaną (“to lock”). Cognate with Dutch slot, German Schloss (“door-bolt”). The verb is probably from Middle Dutch sluten (“to close, to lock”) (Modern Dutch sluiten (“to close”)).

Phrases

  • bean slot
  • coin slot
  • credit card slot
  • death slot
  • delay slot
  • expansion slot
  • God slot
  • graveyard slot
  • mail slot
  • slot in
  • slotting machine

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