plug

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Related terms 1.5 Anagrams 2 Albanian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 4 Istro-Romanian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Romanian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Declension 6 Serbo-Croatian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 7 Slovene 7.1 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle Low German and Middle Dutch plugge (Dutch plug), of unknown ultimate origin. Cognate with German Pflock.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: plŭg, IPA: /plʌɡ/, SAMPA: /plVg/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

[edit] Noun

plug (plural plugs)

1. (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.

   I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.

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

   Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.

3. (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

   He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.

4. (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
5. (US, slang) A worthless horse.

   That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!

6. (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
7. A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.

   During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.

8. (geology) 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.

9. (fishing) 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.

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butt-plug breech plug fire plug hawse plug plug board

plug and feather plug centerbit plug rod plug valve spark plug

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[edit] Verb

to plug (third-person singular simple present plugs, present participle plugging, simple past and past participle plugged)

1. (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

   He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.

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

   The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.

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

   Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.

4. (transitive) To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
   • 1884, H. Rider Haggard, The Witch's Head

     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...

[edit] Related terms

• plug in
• unplug

[edit] Anagrams

• gulp

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Etymology

From a Slavonic language, compare Common Slavic *plugъ.

[edit] Noun

plug

1. plough

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From English plug.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /plug/

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plug m. (plural plugs)

1. butt-plug

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[edit] Istro-Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From a Slavonic language, compare Common Slavic *plugъ.

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plug n. (plural plugur, definite singular plugu, definite plural plugurle)

1. plough

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From a Slavonic language, compare Common Slavic *plugъ.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [plug]

[edit] Noun

plug n. (plural pluguri)

1. plough

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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From Proto-Slavic *plugъ.

[edit] Noun

plug m. (plural plugovi, Cyrillic spelling: плуг)

1. plough

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[edit] Slovene

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plug m.

1. plough (device pulled through the ground in order to break it upon into furrows for planting)