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Webster 1913 Edition
Plug
Plug
,Noun.
[Akin to D.
plug
, G. pflock
, Dan. plök
, plug
, Sw. plugg
; cf. W. ploc
.] 1.
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
2.
A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
[U. S.]
3.
A high, tapering silk hat.
[Slang, U.S.]
4.
A worthless horse.
[Slang, U.S.]
5.
(Building)
A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
Breech plug
(Gun.)
, in breech-loading guns, the metal plug or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech, through which the gun is loaded.
– Fire plug
, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
[U. S.]
– Hawse plug
(Naut.)
, a plug to stop a hawse hole.
– Plug and feather
. (Stone Working)
See , 7.
– Feather
, Noun.
Plug centerbit
, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
– Plug rod
(Steam Eng.)
, a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
– Plug valve
(Mech.)
, a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.
Plug
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Plugged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plugging
.] To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
Webster 1828 Edition
Plug
PLUG
,Noun.
Hawse-plug, in marine affairs, a plug to stop a hawse-hole.
Shot-plug, a plug to stop a breach made by a cannon ball in the side of a ship.
PLUG
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
plug
plug
See also: pług
English
Noun
An electrical plug
Some fishing plugs
plug (plural plugs)
- (electricity) 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.
- 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.
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- 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.
- (geology) 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.
- (fishing) 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.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Translations
electric connecting device
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hole filler
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Coordinate terms
- (worthless horse): bum (racing)
Verb
plug (third-person singular simple present plugs, present participle plugging, simple past and past participle plugged)
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
- (transitive) 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.
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
- (transitive) To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
- 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...
- 1884, H. Rider Haggard, The Witch's Head
- (slang, transitive) to have sex with, penetrate sexually.
- I'd love to plug her.
Related terms
Translations
to stop with a plug
to shoot a bullet into something
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to shoot a bullet into something
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Anagrams
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plugъ. Compare also Romanian plug.
Noun
plug n (plural pluguri)
Synonyms
- aratru, aletrã, paramendã, dãmãljiugu
Derived terms
- plugar
- plugãrii
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology
From early modern Dutch plugge, from Middle Dutch *plugge, from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz. Despite being attested only very late, it has certain cognates in several other Germanic languages, including Middle Low German plugge, Middle High German plugge, Swedish plugg.
Noun
plug m (plural pluggen, diminutive plugje n)
Istro-Romanian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plugъ.
Noun
plug n (plural plugur, definite singular plugu, definite plural plugurle)
Romanian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plugъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz (“plough”), *plōguz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pluɡ]
Noun
plug n (plural pluguri)
Declension
declension of plug
| singular | plural | |||
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| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) plug | plugul | (niște) pluguri | plugurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) plug | plugului | (unor) pluguri | plugurilor |
| vocative | plugule | plugurilor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *plugъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz (“plough”), *plōguz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plûɡ/
Noun
plȕg m (Cyrillic spelling плу̏г)
Declension
Declension of plug
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *plugъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz (“plough”), *plōguz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplúːk/, /ˈplúk/
- Tonal orthography: plȗg, plȕg
Noun
plúg or plùg m inan (genitive plúga, nominative plural plúgi)
- plough (device pulled through the ground in order to break it upon into furrows for planting)
Declension
Declension of plúg (masculine inan., hard o-stem)