deslot

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

de- +‎ slot

Verb[edit]

deslot (third-person singular simple present deslots, present participle deslotting, simple past and past participle deslotted)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a slot of any kind.
    • 1989, Report on Business Magazine, volume 6, numbers 1-6, page 100:
      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.
    • 2009, Matt Christopher, Lucky Seven: Sports Stories:
      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.

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