plug

See also pług

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

1606; from Dutch plug, from Middle Dutch plugge 'peg, plug', from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz (cf. Low German Plüg, German Pflock 'needle', Norwegian plug 'peg, small wedge'); akin to Lithuanian plúkti 'to strike, hew'.

Pronunciation

• enPR: plŭg, IPA: /plʌɡ/, X-SAMPA: /plVg/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Noun

An electrical plug

Some fishing plugs

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.

Derived terms

butt-plug breech plug fire plug glow plug hawse plug plug board

plug and feather plug centerbit plug rod plug valve spark plug

Translations

electric connecting device

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 插頭 (cmn), 插头 (cmn) (chātóu)

• Czech: zástrčka (cs) f
• Dutch: stekker (nl) m
• Esperanto: kontaktilo (eo)
• Estonian: pistik (et), stepsel (et)
• Finnish: pistotulppa, töpseli (colloquial)
• French: prise (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Stecker (de) m
• Hebrew: תקע (he) (teka) m
• Hungarian: csatlakozó (hu), dugó (hu)

• Italian: presa (it) f, spina (it) f
• Japanese: プラグ (ja) (puragu)
• Malay: palam (ms)
• Norwegian: plugg (no) m (signal), støpsel (no) n (power)
• Polish: wtyczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: ficha (pt) f, tomada (pt) f
• Romanian: fișă (ro) f (de contact), ștecăr (ro) n, pin (ro) m (de contact)
• Russian: штепсельная вилка (ru) (štépsel’naja vílka) f, штепсель (ru) (štépsel’) m, вилка (ru) (vílka) f, штекер (ru) (štéker) m
• Serbo-Croatian: utikač m
• Spanish: enchufe (es) m
• Swahili: plagi (sw)

hole filler

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞子 (cmn) (sāizi)

• Dutch: stop (nl) m
• Esperanto: ŝtopilo (eo)
• Finnish: tulppa (fi)
• German: Stöpsel (de) m
• Hungarian: dugó (hu), tömítés (hu)
• Italian: tappo (it) m

• Norwegian: plugg (no) m
• Polish: zatyczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: tampão m
• Russian: пробка (ru) (próbka) f, затычка (ru) (zatýčka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: čep m, zapušač m
• Sicilian: stuppagghiu m
• Spanish: tapón (es) m
• Swahili: plagi (sw)

hold for nails

• Dutch: plug (nl) m

Verb

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...

5. (slang, transitive) to have sex with, penetrate sexually.

   I'd love to plug her.

Related terms

• plug in
• unplug

Translations

to stop with a plug

• Finnish: tukkia (fi), sulkea (fi)
• French: boucher (fr), fermer (fr), bourrer (fr)

• Romanian: astupa (ro), închide (ro), băga (un dop, o fișă, etc)

to shoot a bullet into something

• Finnish: puffata (fi)

to persist or continue with something

• Finnish: työstää (fi)

to shoot a bullet into something

• Finnish: tärskäyttää (fi)

slang: to have sex with

• Finnish: tuikata (fi)

Anagrams

• gulp

---

Albanian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plugъ.

Noun

plug

1. plough

Derived terms

• plugoj

---

Aromanian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plugъ. Compare also Daco-Romanian plug.

Noun

plug

1. plough

Synonyms

• aratru, aletrã, paramendã, dãmãljiugu

---

Dutch

Etymology

From early modern Dutch plugge, from Middle Dutch *plugghe, from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz. Despite being attested very late, it has certain cognates in several other Germanic languages, including Middle Low German plugge, Middle High German gmh, Swedish plugg.

Noun

plug m (plural pluggen, diminutive plugje)

1. wall plug (used to hold nails and screws)

---

French

Etymology

From English plug.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pluɡ/

Noun

plug m (plural plugs)

1. butt-plug

---

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plugъ.

Noun

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

1. plough

---

Romanian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plugъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz (“plough”), *plōguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [pluɡ]

Noun

plug n (plural pluguri)

1. plough

Declension

declension of plug

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un plug	plugul	niște pluguri	plugurile
genitive/dative	unui plug	plugului	unor pluguri	plugurilor

---

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *plugъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz (“plough”), *plōguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /plûɡ/

Noun

plȕg m (Cyrillic spelling плу̏г)

1. plough

Declension

    declension of plug

	singular	plural
nominative	plȕg	plùgovi
genitive	pluga	plugova
dative	plugu	plugovima
accusative	plug	plugove
vocative	plugu / pluže	plugove
locative	plugu	plugovima
instrumental	plugom	plugovima

---

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *plugъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz (“plough”), *plōguz.

Noun

plug m inan.

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