PLUGGING

PLUG

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

Verb

plugging

present participle of plug

Noun

plugging (plural pluggings)

The act of stopping with a plug.

The material of which a plug or stopper is made.

An arrangement of plugs.

Anagrams

• puggling

Source: Wiktionary

Plug"ging, n.

1. The act of stopping with a plug.

2. The material of which a plug or stopple is made.

PLUG

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