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1. (n.) plug
a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture.
2. plug
a core or interior segment taken from a larger matrix.
3. plug
an attachment at the end of an electrical cord that allows its insertion into an outlet or jack.
4. plug
fireplug; hydrant.
5. plug
a cake of pressed tobacco.
6. plug
the favorable mention of a product, performer, etc., as in a radio or television interview; advertisement.
7. plug
an artificial fishing lure made of wood, plastic, or metal and fitted with one or more gang hooks.
8. plug
Slang. a worn-out or inferior horse; nag.
9. (v.t.) plug
to stop or fill with or as if with a plug (often fol. by up):
to plug up a leak.
10. plug
to insert or drive a plug into.
11. plug
to secure with or as if with a plug.
12. plug
to remove a core or a small plug-shaped piece from, as for a sample:
to plug a watermelon.
13. plug
to mention (a product or the like) favorably, as in a television interview.
14. plug
Slang. to punch with the fist.
15. plug
Slang. to shoot or kill with a bullet.
16. (v.i.) plug
to work with stubborn persistence:
to plug away at a novel.
17. plug
plug in,
18. plug
to connect to an electrical power source.
19. plug
to include:
to plug in more data.
20. plug
plug up, to become plugged.
21. plug
to terminate.
22. plug
to disconnect life-sustaining equipment from (a moribund patient).
Etymology: (1620–30; < D; c. G Pflock)
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| Definition of 'plug' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) plug, stopper, stopple
blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
2. (noun) chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
3. (noun) ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug
blatant or sensational promotion
4. (noun) spark plug, sparking plug, plug
electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
5. (noun) plug, male plug
an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
6. (noun) fireplug, fire hydrant, plug
an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
7. (verb) hack, jade, nag, plug
an old or over-worked horse
8. (verb) plug, stop up, secure
fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
"plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
9. (verb) plug, plug away
persist in working hard
"Students must plug away at this problem"
10. (verb) punch, plug
deliver a quick blow to
"he punched me in the stomach"
11. (verb) plug
make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
12. (verb) plug
insert a plug into
"plug the wall"
13. (verb) plug
insert as a plug
"She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
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1. (noun) plug
the end of an electric cable where it connects to an electrical supply
Put the plug in that outlet.
2. plug
an occasion when sb promotes sth
a plug for his new movie
3. plug
an object that stops water flowing out of a sink or bathtub
to pull out the plug
4. (verb) plug
to promote
She's plugging her new novel on TV talk shows.
5. plug
to block a hole or pipe
Something is plugging the toilet.; Plug the hole with towels to keep the cold out.
6. plug
be plugged
(of a sink or toilet) blocked
The sink is plugged.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) plug
any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple
2. (noun) plug
a flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco
3. (noun) plug
a high, tapering silk hat
4. (noun) plug
a worthless horse
5. (noun) plug
a block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails
6. (verb) plug
to stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. plug
(a) A piece of metal with a handle and a somewhat tapered end, used to make connections by insertions between two plates or blocks of metal slightly separated and with grooves to receive it.
(b) A plug or wedge with two metallic faces, insulated from each other with a separate wire connected to each one. It is used in spring-jacks q. v., to introduce a loop in a circuit.
Synonym--Wedge.
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Sense: a device for putting into a mains socket in order to allow an electric current to flow through the appliance to which it is attached by cable
She changed the plug on the electric kettle.
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 Afrikaans: prop |
 Arabic: قابِس كَهرُبائي |
 Bulgarian: щепсел |
 Brazilian: tomada |
 Czech: zástrčka |
 German: der Stecker |
 Danish: stik |
 Greek: βύσμα, φις |
 Spanish: enchufe |
 Estonian: pistik |
 Farsi: دو شاخه |
 Finnish: pistoke |
 French: prise |
 Hebrew: תֵקָע |
 Hindi: प्लग |
 Croatian: utikač |
 Hungarian: dugasz, dugó |
 Indonesian: colokan |
 Icelandic: (tengi)kló |
 Italian: spina |
 Japanese: プラグ |
 Korean: 플러그 |
 Lithuanian: kištukas |
 Latvian: kontaktdakša |
 Malay: palam |
 Dutch: stekker |
 Norwegian: støpsel |
 Polish: wtyczka |
 Persian: پلك برق كه در ساكت داخل م |
 Pashto: د بريښنا پلك چې په ساكټ ك |
 Portuguese: ficha |
 Romanian: ştecăr |
 Russian: штепсельная вилка |
 Slovak: zástrčka |
 Slovenian: vtič |
 Serbian: utikač |
 Swedish: stickpropp |
 Thai: ปลั๊กไฟ |
 Turkish: elektrik fişi |
 Taiwanese: 插頭 |
 Ukrainian: штепсель |
 Urdu: پلگ |
 Vietnamese: phích cắm |
 Chinese: 插头 |
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