PLUG

hack, jade, nag, plug

(noun) an old or over-worked horse

fireplug, fire hydrant, plug

(noun) an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

plug, stopper, stopple

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

plug, male plug

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

ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug

(noun) blatant or sensational promotion

chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad

(noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco

plug

(verb) insert as a plug; “She plugged a cork in the wine bottle”

plug

(verb) insert a plug into; “plug the wall”

plug

(verb) replace the center of a coin with a baser metal; “plug a nickle”

plug, plug away

(verb) persist in working hard; “Students must plug away at this problem”

plug

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

punch, plug

(verb) deliver a quick blow to; “he punched me in the stomach”

plug, stop up, secure

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

plug (plural plugs)

(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

(loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.

Synonyms: bung, dowel, stopper, stopple

(US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

(US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.

(US, slang) A worthless horse.

Synonyms: bum (racing), dobbin, hack, jade, nag

(dated) Any worn-out or useless article.

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

(slang) A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.

(geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.

(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.

(horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.

(jewellery) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.

(slang) A drug dealer.

A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.

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.

(transitive) To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.

(intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.

(transitive) To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.

(slang, transitive) To have sex with, penetrate sexually.

Synonyms

• (persist): keep up, soldier on; see also persevere

• (shoot a bullet): bust a cap, pop, ventilate

• (have sex with): drill, pound, sleep with; see also copulate with

Anagrams

• gulp

Source: Wiktionary

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Plug, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: 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.]

Definition: To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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