Sekirov Dictionary

plug

/plʌɡ/

noun 21
verb 6
forms 3
phrases 7

noun21

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Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.
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the part at the end of a wire with metal points that go into a wall to give a machine power
- I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.
A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
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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.
A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
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(slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
- During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.
- She used her televised tour of the zoo to work in another plug for conservation.
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Ellipsis of spark plug.
- I changed the plugs and the coil packs.
An electric socket: wall plug.
(slang) A drug dealer.
(slang) A trusted connection; someone who provides illicit goods and resources.
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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.
A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
Ellipsis of fireplug (“fire hydrant”).
A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
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(US) A flat oblong cake of cured and pressed tobacco; the tobacco that constitutes it.
- He preferred a plug to snuff.
- He preferred plug to snuff.
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A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- Add front and aft closures to the fuselage midsection. Addition or subtraction of fuselage plugs, to a maximum of five rows, conveniently distributed on each side of wing, is possible. — 2010
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(US, slang) A worthless horse.
- That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
(old-fashioned) Any worn-out or useless article.
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(slang, old-fashioned) A book that fails to sell.
- Stack all new and fresh, composed of the fast-selling standard books only — no old plugs or unsalable books whatever. — 1886
(US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.

verb6

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To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
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To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
- The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.
- Kennedy went on nationwide speaking tour to plug environmental conservation.
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(informal) To persist or continue with something.
- Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
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(slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
- 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
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(slang) To have sex with; to penetrate sexually.
- I’d love to plug him with my strap-on.
(slang) To ingest a drug rectally.

forms

plugged · plugging · plugs

Phrases with plug

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