slot
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1. slot - Noun
2. slot - Verb
Meaning
A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door.
The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind.
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Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.
Slot machines are like crack for old people.
If you're going to create, create a lot. Creativity is not like playing the slot machines, where failure to win means you go home broke. With creativity, if you don't win, you're usually no worse off than if you hadn't played.
Doctor Sarah didn't start out by attacking and berating everybody who called her radio show," Mona says. "She used to have a little time slot and a little audience, and she seemed to really care about helping people."
His wife is, it occurs to Harry, a channel that can't be switched. The same slightly too-high forehead, the same dumb stubborn slot of a mouth, day after day, same time, same station.
A patient healthy enough to undergo a kidney transplant might someday no longer need dialysis. That would free up a slot for a new patient.