Plug

[plʌg] or [plʌɡ]

Definition

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

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

(verb.) insert as a plug; 'She plugged a cork in the wine bottle'.

(verb.) insert a plug into; 'plug the wall'.

(verb.) persist in working hard; 'Students must plug away at this problem'.

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

(verb.) fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; 'plug the hole'; 'stop up the leak'.

Editor: Moll--From WordNet

Definition

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

(n.) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

(n.) A high, tapering silk hat.

(n.) A worthless horse.

(n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.

(v. t.) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

Checker: Maisie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Stopple, stopper.

Typist: Susan

Definition

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.

Typed by Chauncey

Examples

Typist: Toni

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