Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A narrow opening; a groove or slit.
- noun A gap between a main and auxiliary airfoil to provide space for airflow and facilitate the smooth passage of air over the wing.
- noun An assigned place in a sequence or schedule.
- noun A position of employment in an organization or hierarchy.
- noun Computers An expansion slot.
- noun Informal A slot machine designed for gambling.
- noun Football A space or gap between an end and a tackle in an offensive line.
- noun Sports An unmarked area in front of the goal between the face-off circles on an ice hockey rink.
- transitive verb To cut or make a slot or slots in.
- transitive verb To put into or assign to a slot.
- noun The track or trail of a deer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fastening of a door; a bar; a bolt.
- noun A piece of timber which connects or holds together larger pieces; a slat.
- noun A small piece.
- noun A castle; a fort.
- noun A hollow.
- noun In machinery, an elongated narrow depression or perforation; a rectangular recess or depression cut partially into the thickness of any piece, for the reception of another piece of similar form, as a key-seat in the eye of a wheel or pulley; an oblong hole or aperture formed throughout the entire thickness of a piece of metal, as for the reception of an adjusting-bolt. See cut under
sheep-shears . - noun In a cable street-railroad, a narrow continuous opening between the rails, through which the grip on the car passes to connect with the traveling cable.
- noun A trapdoor in the stage of a theater.
- noun A hollow tuck in a cap, or other part of the dress.
- noun A hem or casing prepared for receiving a string, as at the mouth of a bag.
- To slit; cut; gash.
- To provide with a slot or groove; hollow out.
- In coal-mining, same as
hole , 3 . - noun The track of a deer, as followed by the scent or by the mark of the foot; any such track, trace, or trail.
- To track by the slot, as deer. Compare
slothound . - To shut with violence; slam.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
- noun Prov. Eng. A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
- noun A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
- noun The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind.
- transitive verb Obs. or Prov. Eng. To shut with violence; to slam.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
track of an animal, especially adeer . - noun A broad, flat, wooden bar, a
slat , especially as used to secure a door, window, etc. - noun A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a
crosspiece . - noun electrical A channel opening in the
stator orrotor of a rotating machine forventilation and insertion of windings. - noun slang, surfing surfing term for the barrel or tube of a wave.
- verb obsolete To bolt or lock a door or window.
- noun A narrow
depression ,perforation , oraperture ; especially, one for the reception of a piecefitting orsliding in it. - noun A
gap in aschedule orsequence . - noun aviation The allocated time for an aircraft's
departure orarrival at an airport'srunway . - noun aviation In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
- noun computing A
space inmemory or ondisk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored. - noun informal A
slot machine designed for gambling. - noun slang The
vagina . - verb To
put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture) - verb To
assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence) - verb To put something where it belongs.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Any idea how its going to intake a gamecube disc if the slot is the size of a normal DVD?
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: title, which refers to the title slot defined in BASIC-WINDOW-FEATURES-MIXIN.
Planet Lisp 2010
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: title, which refers to the title slot defined in BASIC-WINDOW-FEATURES-MIXIN.
Planet Lisp 2010
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So, no, I didn't edit Son of Man at all, but the choice to reprint this classic and under appreciated work, which makes my Top Twenty list for the best and most visionary of 20th Century SF, as opposed to the nigh-infinite number of other books that could have filled the slot, is the result of the "editorial process" here.
For Your Consideration: Books I Edited in 2008 Lou Anders 2009
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Not every slot is equal when it comes to exiting the parking lot.
Pick The Best Parking Space By Focusing On A Quick Exit | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Put a piece of wire of an electronic lighter into the coin slot, switch it on, and you got yourself a free game.
April « 2010 « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2010
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Put a piece of wire of an electronic lighter into the coin slot, switch it on, and you got yourself a free game.
Why 4/20 is the greatest day of the year… « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2010
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The reason many people no longer stick to the time-slot is their DVR, but also increasingly sites like Hulu, Joost, Fancast, CBS, NBC, etc. all of which are run by (or have deals with) the content owners.
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Ultra low-cost Irish carrier RyanAir is thinking about putting a coin slot on lavatory doors so passengers will have to pay when they empty their loose change from their coin slot.
RyanAir Thinking About Charging For Toilets - The Consumerist 2009
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Ultra low-cost Irish carrier RyanAir is thinking about putting a coin slot on lavatory doors so passengers will have to pay when they empty their loose change from their coin slot.
vanishedone commented on the word slot
Okay, thanks to WeirdNet I'm learning something new. But could someone possibly tell me what the definition means?
August 7, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word slot
'Tell me what the definition means' contains, for example, an indirect object slot:
Tell you what the definition means.
Tell the starving orphan what the definition means.
It contains a couple of verb slots:
Teach me what the definition means.
Tell me what the definition represents.
A tense slot on the second verb:
Tell me what the definition meant.
August 7, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word slot
.... wow ....
Qroqqa's my hero.
August 7, 2008
reesetee commented on the word slot
You realize, of course, that this is completely destroying the Mystery of WeirdNet. ;-)
August 7, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word slot
The Mystery of WeirdNet is an infinite and inexhausible resource, a thing illimitably unfathomable and therefore, like the Library of Babel, beyond true destruction.
Thanks for the explanation, qroqqa.
August 8, 2008
reesetee commented on the word slot
Wellll . . . Yes, I guess you're right. There's just no end to the delightful nonsense that is WeirdNet. I'm glad John never fixed it. ;->
August 8, 2008
JDWright commented on the word slot
Another definition: The traditional position of the main editor of a newspaper, who sat behind a large horseshoe-shaped desk (or desks arranged like a horseshoe) facing his assistant editors.
Example: "Because of the horseshoe shape, the chief is surrounded on three sides by desks and is said to be "in the slot" and his helpers "on the rim." The slot man is the news editor....
-- Neal, R.M. News Gathering and News Writing. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1949.
July 12, 2009