plug | English to English Dictionary

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plug

(pl/@/g )

blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
stopper, stopple

source: wordnet30
a wad of something chewable as tobacco(noun.food)

Synonym:
chaw, chew, cud, quid, wad

source: wordnet30
blatant or sensational promotion(noun.communication)

Synonym:
ballyhoo, hoopla, hype

source: wordnet30
electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
spark plug, sparking plug

source: wordnet30
an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
male plug

source: wordnet30
an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
fire hydrant, fireplug

source: wordnet30
an old or over-worked horse(noun.animal)

Synonym:
hack, jade, nag

source: wordnet30
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.(noun)

source: webster1913

fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug(verb.contact)

Example:
Plug the hole.

Synonym:
secure, stop up

source: wordnet30
persist in working hard(verb.change)

Example:
Students must plug away at this problem.

Synonym:
plug away

source: wordnet30
deliver a quick blow to(verb.contact)

Synonym:
punch

source: wordnet30
make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30
insert a plug into(verb.change)

Example:
Plug the wall.

source: wordnet30
insert as a plug(verb.change)

Example:
She plugged a cork in the wine bottle.

source: wordnet30
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.(verb)

source: webster1913