SLOT

slot

(noun) a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail); “he put a quarter in the slot”

slot, one-armed bandit

(noun) a slot machine that is used for gambling; “they spend hours and hours just playing the slots”

slot, expansion slot

(noun) (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; “the PC had three slots for additional memory”

slot

(noun) a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable; “he developed a version of slot grammar”

slot

(noun) the trail of an animal (especially a deer); “he followed the deer’s slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees”

slot

(noun) 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”

slot

(verb) assign a time slot; “slot a television program”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

slot (plural slots)

A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.

A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.

(Scotland, Northern England) An implement for baring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.

(electrical) A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.

(slang, surfing) The barrel or tube of a wave.

Verb

slot (third-person singular simple present slots, present participle slotting, simple past and past participle slotted)

(obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To bar, bolt or lock a door or window.

(obsolete, transitive, UK, dialectal) To shut with violence; to slam.

Etymology 2

Noun

slot (plural slots)

A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.

A gap in a schedule or sequence.

(aviation) The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.

(aviation) In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.

(computing) A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.

(informal) A slot machine designed for gambling.

(slang) The vagina.

The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.

(Antarctica) A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse.

Verb

slot (third-person singular simple present slots, present participle slotting, simple past and past participle slotted)

To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)

To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)

To put something where it belongs.

(slang, Rhodesia, in the context of the Rhodesian Bush War) To kill.

(Antarctica) To fall, or cause to fall, into a crevasse.

Anagrams

• LTOs, OSLT, OTLs, STOL, lost, lots, tols

Source: Wiktionary

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Slot, n. Etym: [LG. & D. slot a lock, from a verb meaning to close., to shut, D. sluiten; akin to G. schliessen, OHG. sliozan, OFries. sl, and probably to L. claudere. Cf. Close, Sluice.]

1. A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.

2. A bolt or bar for fastening a door. [Prov. Eng.]

3. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.

Slot, v. t. Etym: [See Slot a bar.]

Definition: To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Slot, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. sl, and E. sleuth.]

Definition: The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind. Milton. As a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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