plug
Meaning of plug
noun
- a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up.
somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow
- a device for making an electrical connection between an appliance and the mains, consisting of an insulated casing with metal pins that fit into holes in a socket.
the cable is fitted with a two-pin plug
- a piece of publicity promoting a product, event, or establishment.
he threw in a plug, boasting that the restaurant offered many entrées for under £5
- a piece of tobacco cut from a larger cake for chewing.
they sold chewing tobacco in bars and plugs
- a lure with one or more hooks attached.
- short for fireplug.
- a tired or old horse.
- block or fill in (a hole or cavity).
trucks arrived loaded with gravel to plug the hole and clear the road
- mention (a product, event, or establishment) publicly in order to promote it.
during the show he plugged his new record
- shoot or hit (someone or something).
he got plugged in the head while he was taking a nap
early 17th century: from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German plugge, of unknown ultimate origin.
Information about plug
- The plural form of plug is: plugs.
- Languages in which plug is used:
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Hyphenation of plug
plug
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- plug is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
plug synonyms
Meaning stopper:
Meaning chew:
Meaning ballyhoo:
Meaning fireplug:
Meaning hack:
Meaning stop up:
Meaning punch:
Meaning a stopper for closing a hole in a container:
Meaning a bottle stopper made of cork or a similar material:
Meaning a device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them:
Meaning a small peg or plug, especially for insertion into the vent of a cask:
Meaning a small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask:
Meaning a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy:
Meaning activity that supports or encourages a cause, venture, or aim:
Meaning the action of recommending something or someone:
Meaning a reference to someone or something:
Meaning a television or radio advertisement:
Meaning an act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself:
Meaning a short, explosive burst of breath or wind:
Meaning an advertisement:
Meaning a source of help or encouragement leading to increase or improvement:
Meaning an act of twisting something around a stationary point:
Meaning a plaited lock of hair worn singly at the back or on each side of the head:
Meaning an item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated:
Meaning fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel:
Meaning fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something:
Meaning give out information about (a product, person, or company) for advertising or promotional purposes:
Meaning give publicity to (a product, organization, or venture) so as to increase sales or public awareness:
Meaning publicize information about (a vacancy):
Meaning present as suitable for approval or acceptance; recommend:
Meaning kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow:
Meaning bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully:
Meaning shoot with a gun:
Translation of plug
- German: Stecker
- French: prise, fiche
- Spanish: enchufe
- Italian: spina, presa, colpire
- Portuguese: ficha, tomada
Anagrams of plug
Words that rhyme with plug
baseplug, fireplug, fuseplug, replug, sparkplug, Rawlplug, drainplug, unplug, earplug
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