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Plug Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Plug?
[n] an old or over-worked horse
[n] an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire [n] blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly [n] an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection [n] electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark [n] blatant or sensational promotion [n] a wad of something chewable as tobacco [v] persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem" [v] make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote [v] deliver a punch to [v] fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak" Synonyms | Synonyms for Plug: ballyhoo | chaw | chew | cud | fire hydrant | fireplug | hack | hoopla | hype | jade | male plug | nag | plug away | punch | quid | secure | spark plug | sparking plug | stop up | stopper | stopple | wad Related Terms | Find terms related to Plug: 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 | PR | 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 See Also | advertise | advertize | bit | bite | block | blockage | bung | chink | close | closure | cork | cork | cork up | drainplug | electrical device | enter | Equus caballus | fill | fill up | fipple | hang in | hang on | hit | hold on | horse | hydrant | ignition | ignition system | infix | insert | introduce | morsel | occlusion | packaging | persevere | persist | phone plug | promote | promotion | promotional material | publicity | push | spigot | spile | stop | stoppage | stopper | stopple | tampion | tampon | tampon | tap | telephone plug Plug In Webster's Dictionary \Plug\, n.
{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. Plug board \Plug board\
(Elec.)
A switchboard in which connections are made by means of
plugs.
\Plug\, n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. pl["o]k, 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. {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 {Feather}, n., 7. {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\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plugging}.] To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole. |
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