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slot | slip |

As a verb slot

is (sluta).

As a noun slip is

briefs ; panties.

slot

English

(wikipedia slot)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) slot or (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • (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

  • (obsolete) To bolt or lock a door or window.
  • (obsolete, transitive, UK, dialect) To shut with violence; to slam.
  • to slot a door

    Etymology 2

    From Old French esclot , of unknown origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • The game offers four save slots .
  • (informal) A slot machine designed for gambling.
  • (slang) The vagina.
  • * 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

    Verb

  • 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.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside. }}

    Derived terms

    * slot in

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) esclot, from (etyl) . Compare (sleuth).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
  • Derived terms
    * slot-hound

    See also

    * close * sluice

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    slip

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) slype, of uncertain origin.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Mud, slime.
  • (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
  • Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) slippe or (etyl) slippe. Compare Dutch slip, German Schlippe.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A twig or shoot; a cutting.
  • a slip from a vine
  • (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
  • * Shakespeare
  • a native slip to us from foreign seeds
  • A young person (now usually with (of) introducing descriptive qualifier).
  • She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.
  • A long, thin piece of something.
  • * Tennyson
  • moonlit slips of silver cloud
  • A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
  • Derived terms
    * pink slip * sales slip

    Etymology 3

    Apparently from (etyl) slippen (Dutch slippen, German ).

    Verb

    (slipp)
  • To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=Jonathan Wilson , title=Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Fernando Amorebieta seemed to have checked him, but a stepover created a fraction of room that became significant as the defender slipped , giving Falcao just enough space to curl a superb finish into the top corner.}}
  • To err.
  • * Bible, Eccl. xix. 16
  • There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.
  • To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out'', ''off , etc.
  • A bone may slip out of place.
  • To pass (a note, money, etc.) often covertly.
  • She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.
  • To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
  • * Arbuthnot
  • He tried to slip a powder into her drink.
  • To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
  • Some errors slipped into the appendix.
  • * Prior
  • Thus one tradesman slips away, / To give his partner fairer play.
  • * Dryden
  • Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.
  • * 1883 ,
  • We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift
  • (figuratively) To move down; to slide.
  • Profits have slipped over the past six months.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Marc Vesty , title=Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day.}}
  • (falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Lucento slipped me like his greyhound.
  • (cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
  • (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • And slip no advantage / That may secure you.
  • To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
  • to slip a piece of cloth or paper
  • * Mortimer
  • The branches also may be slipped and planted.
  • To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
  • A horse slips''' his bridle; a dog '''slips his collar.
  • To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or instance of slipping.
  • I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.
  • A women's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress; a shift.
  • A mistake or error.
  • a slip of the tongue
  • * Fuller
  • This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom.
  • (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
  • (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
  • (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
  • (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
  • A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
  • A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
  • * Sir S. Baker
  • We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips , in search of deer.
  • An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
  • He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison.
    (Shakespeare)
  • (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
  • (dated) A child's pinafore.
  • An outside covering or case.
  • a pillow slip
    the slip or sheath of a sword
  • (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
  • A particular quantity of yarn.
  • (UK, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
  • (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
  • (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
  • (Knight)
  • (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
  • A fish, the sole.
  • Synonyms
    * (a mistake) blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, stumble, thinko * (return to previous behaviour) lapse

    Derived terms

    * (undergarment) full slip, waist slip

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----