Definitions for PLUG
plʌgplug

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plug, stopper, stopplenoun

   blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

2. chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wadnoun

   a wad of something chewable as tobacco

3. ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plugnoun

   blatant or sensational promotion

4. spark plug, sparking plug, plugnoun

   electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark

5. plug, male plugnoun

   an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection

6. fireplug, fire hydrant, plugnoun

   an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

7. hack, jade, nag, plugverb

   an old or over-worked horse

8. plug, stop up, secureverb

   fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

   "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"

9. plug, plug awayverb

   persist in working hard

   "Students must plug away at this problem"

10. punch, plugverb

    deliver a quick blow to

    "he punched me in the stomach"

11. plugverb

    make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

12. plugverb

    insert a plug into

    "plug the wall"

13. plugverb

    insert as a plug

    "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plugnoun

   An act of plugging; a brief mention for the sake of publicity or advertisement, especially during a public event not specifically intended for advertising purposes; as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.

2. Plugverb

   To briefly publicize or advertise, especially during a public event not specifically intended for advertising purposes; as, during the interview he plugged his new book.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plugnoun

   A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.

   I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.

2. plugnoun

   Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

   Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.

3. plugnoun

   A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

   He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.

4. plugnoun

   A high, tapering silk hat.

5. plugnoun

   A worthless horse.

   That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!

6. plugnoun

   A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.

7. plugnoun

   A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.

   During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.

8. plugnoun

   A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.

   Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash.

9. plugnoun

   A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.

   The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper.

10. plugverb

    To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

    He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.

11. plugverb

    To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.

    The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.

12. plugverb

    To persist or continue with something.

    Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.

13. plugverb

    To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.

14. plugverb

    to have sex with, penetrate sexually.

    I'd love to plug her.

15. Etymology: 1606; from Dutch plug, from plugge 'peg, plug', from plugjaz (cf. Low German Plüg, German Pflock 'needle', Norwegian plug 'peg, small wedge'); akin to Lithuanian plukti 'to strike, hew'.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plugnoun

   A stopple; any thing driven hard into another body.

   Etymology: plugg, Swedish; plugghe, Dutch.

   Shutting the valve with the plug, draw down the sucker to the bottom. Boyle.

   The fighting with a man’s own shadow, consists in the brandishing of two sticks grasped in each hand, and loaden with plugs of lead at either end: this opens the chest. Addis.

   In bottling wine, fill your mouth full of corks, together with a large plug of tobacco. Jonathan Swift, Direct. to the Butler.

2. To Plugverb

   To stop with a plug.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   A tent plugging up the orifice, would make the matter recur to the part disposed to receive it. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plug

   A plug is a device that is designed to connect an electrical appliance with a power source, typically through a socket. It generally consists of a metal pin or prong that conducts electricity, surrounded by a plastic or rubber cover for safety. It can also refer to an object used to seal a hole or opening, or a term used to refer to a form of promotion or advertisement.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plugnoun

   any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple

2. Plugnoun

   a flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco

3. Plugnoun

   a high, tapering silk hat

4. Plugnoun

   a worthless horse

5. Plugnoun

   a block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails

6. Plugverb

   to stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole

7. Etymology: [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. plk, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plug

   Plug was a British comic that ran for 75 issues from 24 September 1977 until 24 February 1979, when it merged with The Beezer. It was edited by Ian Gray. A spin-off from The Bash Street Kids comic strip in The Beano, the comic was based around the character Plug who was a distinctively ugly member of the Bash Street Kids. His dog from Pup Parade, and a new character called Chunkee the Monkey accompanied him. Vic Neill mainly drew the title character's strip. The comic also had its own fan club, the Plug Sports and Social Club. The comic was inspired in part by Mad Magazine. The Plug strip was never a big hit, possibly because, at 9 pence, it was too expensive compared to other D.C. Thomson comics at the time, which were priced at around 5 pence. According to the 2008 book The History of the Beano, for a while there were rumours of a "curse of Plug", fuelled by the fact that a number of celebrities featured in Mad magazine-style caricatures on the comic's cover died soon after, most notably John Wayne. However the strips use of gravure painting is still used in comics today. Other strips in this comic included: ⁕Antchester United - The adventures of an insect football team. Drawn by John Geering

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plug

   plug, n. a block or peg used to stop a hole: a bung: a stopper: a branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose: a flat cake of tobacco: any worn-out or useless article: (slang) a silk hat.—v.t. to stop with a plug: to drive plugs into:—pr.p. plug′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. plugged.—ns. Plug′ger, one who, or that which, plugs, esp. a dentist's instrument for filling a hollow tooth; Plug′ging, the act of stopping with a plug: the material of which a plug is made; Plug′-ug′ly, a street ruffian.—Fire plug, a contrivance by means of which a hose can be fixed to a water-main in case of fire. [Dut. plug, a bung, a peg (Sw. plugg, a peg, Ger. pflock); most prob. Celt., as in Ir., Gael., and W. ploc.]

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plug

   A conical piece of wood to let in or keep out water, when fitted to a hole in the bottom of a boat.--Hawse-plugs. To stop the hawse-holes when the cables are unbent, and the ship plunges in a head-sea.--Shot-plugs. Covered with oakum and tallow, to stop shot-holes in the sides of a ship near the water-line; being conical, they adapt themselves to any sized shot-holes.

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1. PLUG

   What does PLUG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the PLUG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Advertize
   • Blockage
   • Electrical Device
   • Hit
   • Hydrant
   • Insert
   • Morsel
   • Persevere

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PLUG' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4741

Anagrams for PLUG »

1. gulp

How to pronounce PLUG?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PLUG in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PLUG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of PLUG in a Sentence

1. Ry Cooder:

   I've done a fair amount of commercials. I did a bunch of Champion spark plug ads and Levi's and Molson Beer. You wouldn't know it. But some of it's damn good.

2. Harald Wester:

   We have launched all the projects ... both for Maserati and Alfa Romeo we will have plug-in hybrids in the line up starting from early 2018.

3. Lindsey Graham:

   I would urge( President Donald Trump) to open up the government for a short period of time, like three weeks, before President Donald Trump pulls the plug. See if we can get a deal, if we can't at the end of three weeks, all bets are off, see if President Donald Trump can do it by President Donald Trump through the emergency powers. That's my recommendation.

4. Rocco Grillo:

   It's not easy to just pull the plug.

5. Chief Executive Paddy Padmanathan:

   There's no point in getting excited about the rand getting devalued today or doing this yesterday, or (President Jacob) Zuma said this the day before yesterday, we have to look at it for the medium to long term and ride out the cycles, we are providing electricity and, where we do, water, two principle commodities which are fundamental to life, not just economic development, so they are the last thing which people are going to pull the plug on.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=PLUG
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=PLUG
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plug
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=PLUG
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PLUG
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=PLUG
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=PLUG
9. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=PLUG
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=PLUG