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deslot en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + slot.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove from a slot of any kind.
    • He had lit into Jack with fists flying, knocking him against a corner of the slot car race track hard enough to jar the track and deslot half of the cars racing. 2009, Matt Christopher, Lucky Seven: Sports Stories:
    • Now retailers even demand deslotting or failure fees, a penalty for trial products that fail to meet their sales objectives. The struggle over display space heavily favors the incumbents and encourages what might be called brand nepotism. 1989, Report on Business Magazine, volume 6, numbers 1-6, page 100:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
deslotting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
deslots Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
deslotted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
deslotted Tense=Past lexicographic