slot1
n.
- a long, narrow aperture or slit into which something may be fitted or inserted.
- an allotted place in an arrangement or scheme such as a broadcasting schedule.
v.
(slots, slotting, slotted)
place or be placed into a slot.
▸Brit. informal (in soccer) score (a goal) with a precise shot.
▸
(slot in/into)
fit easily into (a new role or situation).
Derivative
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘slight depression running down the middle of the chest’): from OFr. esclot, of obscure origin.
slot2
n.
the track of a deer, visible as slotted footprints in soft ground.
Etymology
C16: from OFr. esclot ‘hoofprint of a horse’, prob. from ON slóth ‘trail’; cf. sleuth.