Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to slot
Participle: slotted
Gerund: slotting
Indicative
Present
| I | slot |
| you | slot |
| he;she;it | slots |
| we | slot |
| you | slot |
| they | slot |
Perfect
| I | have slotted |
| you | have slotted |
| he;she;it | has slotted |
| we | have slotted |
| you | have slotted |
| they | have slotted |
Past
| I | slotted |
| you | slotted |
| he;she;it | slotted |
| we | slotted |
| you | slotted |
| they | slotted |
Pluperfect
| I | had slotted |
| you | had slotted |
| he;she;it | had slotted |
| we | had slotted |
| you | had slotted |
| they | had slotted |
Future
| I | will slot |
| you | will slot |
| he;she;it | will slot |
| we | will slot |
| you | will slot |
| they | will slot |
Future Perfect
| I | will have slotted |
| you | will have slotted |
| he;she;it | will have slotted |
| we | will have slotted |
| you | will have slotted |
| they | will have slotted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | slot |
| you | slot |
| he;she;it | slot |
| we | slot |
| you | slot |
| they | slot |
Perfect
| I | have slotted |
| you | have slotted |
| he;she;it | have slotted |
| we | have slotted |
| you | have slotted |
| they | have slotted |
Imperfect
| I | slotted |
| you | slotted |
| he;she;it | slotted |
| we | slotted |
| you | slotted |
| they | slotted |
Pluperfect
| I | had slotted |
| you | had slotted |
| he;she;it | had slotted |
| we | had slotted |
| you | had slotted |
| they | had slotted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would slot |
| you | would slot |
| he;she;it | would slot |
| we | would slot |
| you | would slot |
| they | would slot |
Perfect
| I | would have slotted |
| you | would have slotted |
| he;she;it | would have slotted |
| we | would have slotted |
| you | would have slotted |
| they | would have slotted |
Imperative
| you | slot |
| we | Let's slot |
| you | slot |
Verbs conjugated like 'slot'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'slot'
blot,
clot,
lot,
plot,
shot,
slat,
slit,
slog,
slop,
sloth,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English slot, from Old French esclot, likely from Old Norse slóð (“track”). As a gambling machine, via clipping of slot machine. Compare sleuth. The scheduling (calendar) sense is by a metaphor whereby the time span is equated with the segment of a page or part of a device that represents it.
Verbs referencing "slot"
German, old spelling
schließen, Alemannic German
schlüsse.
Sample Sentences
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And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside. [2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:]
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One young soldier told me he couldn't bear to shoot the wild game in Rhodesia, but he had no trouble "slotting" floppies. "The more I kill," he said, "the better I feel. They're ruining everything for us." [1978 Spring, Collins Reynolds, editor, The Bridge, volume 3, number 1, Center for Research and Education, page 31:]
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Two males and a female from Northern Ireland had been identified, tracked and 'slotted'. [2012, Davy Thompson, Uniforms and Boats, page 59:]
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They fired into the air on automatic and I thought, here we go, all I need is for one of these rounds to come down and slot me through the head. [2013, Andy McNab, Bravo Two Zero: The 20th Anniversary Edition, page 184:]
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The D-4s being heavy vehicles, were in difficulties with crevasses right from the start. At one stage Wood said cheerfully, "Let's give the game away after we get a D-4 slotted one more time", expecting just to get a track break through over a hole. The next minute his machine with him in it disappeared from sight — the tail and the tip of the blade caught and held a little way down the bottomless hole. Reiffel brought his D-4 around on the ice with the big machine picking its way between slots like a ballet dancer, and after a lot of work with ice axes, the slotted machine was hauled out. [1967 June, “Australians' Autumn Journeys Have Perilous Moments”, in Antarctic, volume 4, number 10, New Zealand Antarctic Society, pages 503–504:]
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I'd have to avoid getting slotted, especially as I didn't know which danger it was, but I thought I could guess. [2012, Hazel Edwards, Antarctica's Frozen Chosen:]