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Webster 1913 Edition


Slot

Slot

,
Noun.
[LG. & D.
slot
a lock, from a verb meaning to close., to shut, D.
sluiten
; akin to G.
schliessen
, OHG.
sliozan
, OFries.
sl[GREEK]ta
, 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

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Slot
a bar.]
To shut with violence; to slam;
as, to
slot
a door
.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Slot

,
Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
sl[GREEK][GREEK]
, and E.
sleuth
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Slot

SLOT

,
Verb.
T.
To shut with violence; to slam, that is to drive. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


slot

slot

See also: slöt

English

Noun

slot (plural slots)

  1. A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
  2. A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
  3. (Scotland, Northern England) An implement for baring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
  4. (electrical) A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
  5. (slang, surfing) The barrel or tube of a wave.
Translations

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To bar, bolt or lock a door or window.
  2. (obsolete, transitive, Britain, dialect) To shut with violence; to slam.
    to slot a door

Etymology 2

From Old French esclot, of unknown origin.

Noun

slot (plural slots)

  1. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
  2. A gap in a schedule or sequence.
  3. (aviation) The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.
  4. (aviation) In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
  5. (computing) A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
    The game offers four save slots.
  6. (informal) A slot machine designed for gambling.
  7. (slang) The ****.
    • 2006, Shelby Reed, Madison Hayes, Love a Younger Man (page 165)
      She'd like him jammed into her slot, like him to crank into her and she didn't think ignition would be far off if he did.
    • 2006, Rod Waleman, The Stepdaughters (page 20)
      Valerie sighed with pleasure as her husband skillfully found her slot and inserted the head of his straining prick inside, then bucked its thick-stemmed length all the way up her sex-channel.
Derived terms
  • slotwise
Translations

Verb

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

  1. To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)
  2. To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)
  3. To put something where it belongs.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:
      And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside.

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Etymology 3

From Old French esclot, from Old Norse slóð (track). Compare sleuth.

Noun

slot (plural slots)

  1. The track of an animal, especially a deer.
    • 1819: “One is from Hexamshire; he is wont to trace the Tynedale and Teviotdale thieves, as a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slot (a bolt, lock, castle), from Proto-Germanic *****- (to close).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈslʌd]

Noun

slot n (singular definite slottet, plural indefinite slotte)

  1. castle
  2. palace
  3. manor house

Inflection


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slot, from Old Dutch *slot, from Proto-Germanic *****ą.

Noun

slot n (plural sloten, diminutive slotje n)

  1. lock (something used for fastening)
  2. castle
  3. end, conclusion

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