A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. Example: I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole. Example: Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.
A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. Example: He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.
A high, tapering silk hat.
A worthless horse. Example: That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
Any worn-out or useless article.
A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these. Example: During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.
A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape. Example: Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash.
A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks. Example: The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper.
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.
A drug dealer.
A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole. Example: He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it. Example: The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.
To persist or continue with something. Example: Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
To have sex with, penetrate sexually. Example: I'd love to plug him.
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