plug /plug/

1. Any peg or bung stopping, or for stopping, a hole, esp one preventing the escape of water from a sink
2. A stopper
3. A mechanism releasing the flow of water in a lavatory
4. Filling for a tooth
5. Volcanic rock stopping a vent
6. A device with metal pins for inserting into a socket to make an electrical connection
7. A piece of wood inserted in a wall to take nails
8. A fireplug
9. A spark plug
10. A plug-hat (slang)
11. A blow or punch
12. A compressed cake of tobacco
13. A piece of it cut for chewing
14. A worn-out horse
15. A book that will not sell
16. A piece of favourable publicity, esp one incorporated in other material (informal)
17. Anything worn-out or useless
18. An instance of dogged plodding

1. To stop with a plug or as a plug
2. To insert a plug in
3. To insert as a plug
4. To shoot (slang)
5. To punch with the fist (slang)
6. To force into familiarity by persistent repetition, esp for advertising purposes (informal)
7. To din into the ears of the public

1. To go on doggedly (often with away)
2. (of a golf ball) to become embedded in wet ground or sand

pluggˈer noun

1. Someone who plugs in any sense
2. That which plugs, esp a dentist's instrument

pluggˈing noun

1. The act of stopping with a plug, or punching (slang), or promoting (slang)
2. 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

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• ciding
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• CIE
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• ciel
• cieling
• cierge
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• cig
• cigar
• cigar case
• cigarette
• cigarette butt
• cigarette butts
• cigarette card
• cigarette cards
• cigarette case
• cigarette cases
• cigarette end
• cigarette ends
• cigarette holder
• cigarette holders
• cigarette lighter
• cigarette lighters