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plug /plug/ noun- Any peg or bung stopping, or for stopping, a hole, esp one preventing the escape of water from a sink
- A stopper
- A mechanism releasing the flow of water in a lavatory
- Filling for a tooth
- Volcanic rock stopping a vent
- A device with metal pins for inserting into a socket to make an electrical connection
- A piece of wood inserted in a wall to take nails
- A fireplug
- A spark plug
- A plug-hat (slang)
- A blow or punch
- A compressed cake of tobacco
- A piece of it cut for chewing
- A worn-out horse
- A book that will not sell
- A piece of favourable publicity, esp one incorporated in other material (informal)
- Anything worn-out or useless
- An instance of dogged plodding
transitive verb (pluggˈing; plugged)- To stop with a plug or as a plug
- To insert a plug in
- To insert as a plug
- To shoot (slang)
- To punch with the fist (slang)
- To force into familiarity by persistent repetition, esp for advertising purposes (informal)
- To din into the ears of the public
intransitive verb (informal)- To go on doggedly (often with away)
- (of a golf ball) to become embedded in wet ground or sand
ORIGIN: Appar Du plug a bung, a peg; cf Swed plugg a peg, Ger Pflock pluggˈer noun - Someone who plugs in any sense
- That which plugs, esp a dentist's instrument
pluggˈing noun - The act of stopping with a plug, or punching (slang), or promoting (slang)
- Material of which a plug is made
plugˈ-and-playˈ adjective (of a computer component) having an identifier that allows it to be configured automatically (also noun) plug gauge noun A gauge inserted into a hole to measure its diameter plugˈ-hat noun (US) A top hat plugˈhole noun A hole through which water is let out of a sink, bath, etc plugˈ-in noun (computing) A module or program that is capable of extending an existing program in specific ways adjective - (of a module or program) having such capabilities (computing)
- Denoting an electrical apparatus that requires to be plugged in to the mains supply
plugˈ-ugˈly noun (US) - A street ruffian
- A thug, tough
adjective (informal) Extremely ugly go down the plughole (informal) To fail, be wasted or lost plug in To connect (an electrical apparatus, etc) with the electricity supply by inserting a plug into a socket pull the plug on (informal) To end, put a stop to |