Plug

Noun



 * 1)  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.
 * 1) 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.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
 * He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 A high, tapering silk hat.
 * 2) 🇺🇸 A worthless horse.
 * That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
 * 1)  A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
 * 2) 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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Derived terms

 * butt-plug
 * breech plug
 * fire plug
 * glow plug
 * hawse plug
 * plug board


 * plug and feather
 * plug centerbit
 * plug rod
 * plug valve
 * spark plug

Verb

 * 1)  To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
 * He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)   To persist or continue with something.
 * Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
 * 1)  To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
 * 2) * 1884, H. Rider Haggard, The Witch's Head
 * I am awfully glad that you kept your nerve and plugged him; it would have been better if you could have nailed him through the right shoulder, which would not have killed him...

Related terms

 * plug in
 * unplug

Verbs for Plug
cram—into; drive—into; insert—; remove —; tap—; —bars; —blocks; —chokes; — dams; —obstructs; —prevents; —resists; —seals; —stuffs; —traps.

Adverbs for Plug
tightly; effectually;  firmly;  completely; wholly; satisfactorily; efficiently.

Thesaurus
PR, acknowledgment, advert, advertise, advertisement, advocate, appreciation, back, bait, balker, balky horse, ballyhoo, bar, bark, bill, bind, birdlime, block, block up, blockade, blurb, bola, boost, bright light, build up, buildup, bulletin, bung, caulk, cavendish, celebrity, charge, check valve, chew, chink, choke, choke off, choke up, chug on, circularize, clog, clog up, close, close off, close up, cobweb, cock, commend, commendation, commercial, commercial announcement, common knowledge, congest, constipate, cork, cover, crock, crowbait, cry, cry up, currency, dam, dam up, daylight, detonate, dig, discharge, dog, dragnet, drop, drudge, eclat, eject, establish, exposure, fag, fame, famousness, faucet, fell, fill, fill up, fire, fire hydrant, fire off, fireplug, fishhook, fly, foul, garron, gill net, give a write-up, give publicity, glare, goat, good word, grind, ground bait, grub, gun, gun for, hack, hammer, hammer away, hit, honorable mention, hook, hoopla, hue and cry, hydrant, hype, jade, jam, jig, jog on, jughead, keep doggedly at, lariat, lasso, let fly, let off, lid, lime, limelight, load, lumber, lure, maximum dissemination, mention, meshes, moil, nag, net, noose, notoriety, obstipate, obstruct, occlude, pack, peg, peg away, pelt, pepper, pick off, pigtail, pin, pistol, placard, plod, plod along, plug along, plug at, plug away, plug up, post, post bills, post up, pot, potshoot, potshot, pound away, pound net, press notice, press-agent, prime, promote, promotion, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicize, publicness, puff, puffing, purse seine, push, quid, reclame, recognition, recommend, recommendation, report, riddle, roarer, rogue, rosinante, rub on, scalawag, schlep, sea cock, seal off, seal up, seine, sell, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, slog, slog away, snare, sniggle, snipe, speak highly of, speak warmly of, speak well of, spiel, spigot, spike, spile, spill, spinner, spot, spot announcement, spotlight, springe, squid, stanch, stay, stench, stiff, stop, stop up, stopgap, stopper, stopple, strike, stuff, stuff up, stump, support, take a potshot, tap, toil, toils, torpedo, tout, tramp, travail, trawl, trudge, twist, valve, wad, wade through, water plug, whistler, wobbler, work away, write up, write-up

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

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 插頭, 插头
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: stekker
 * Estonian: pistik, stepsel
 * Finnish: pistotulppa, töpseli (colloquial)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese:
 * Malay: palam
 * Norwegian: plugg (signal), støpsel (power)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: fișă (de contact), ștecăr, pin (de contact)
 * Russian: штепсельная вилка, штепсель, вилка, штекер
 * Serbian: utikač
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 塞子
 * Dutch: stop
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, tömítés
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: plugg


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: tampão
 * Russian:, затычка
 * Serbian: čep, zapušač
 * Sicilian: stuppagghiu
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Dutch: plug

Verb

 * French:, ,


 * Romanian: astupa, închide, băga (un dop, o fișă, etc)

Anagrams

 * gulp

Noun

 * 1) plough

Etymology
From a language, compare.

Noun

 * 1) wall plug used to hold nails and screws

Etymology
From early modern Dutch plugge:, from *undefined:, from  *undefined:, from. Despite being attested very late, it has certain cognates in several other Germanic languages, including Middle Low German plugge:, Middle High German plugge:, Swedish plugg:.

Noun

 * 1) butt-plug

Etymology
From plug:.

Noun

 * 1) plough

Etymology
From a language, compare.

Noun

 * 1) plough

Etymology
From a language, compare.

Noun

 * 1) plough

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) plough (device pulled through the ground in order to break it upon into furrows for planting)