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Plug

noun

1.

Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly. Synonyms: stopper, stopple.

2.

A wad of something chewable as tobacco. Synonyms: chaw, chew, cud, quid, wad.

3.

Blatant or sensational promotion. Synonyms: ballyhoo, hoopla, hype.

4.

Electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark. Synonyms: spark plug, sparking plug.

5.

An electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection. Synonym: male plug.

6.

An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire. Synonyms: fire hydrant, fireplug.

7.

An old or over-worked horse. Synonyms: hack, jade, nag.

verb

(past & past part. plugged; pres. part. plugging)

1.

Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug. Synonyms: secure, stop up. "Stop up the leak"

2.

Persist in working hard. Synonym: plug away.

3.

Deliver a quick blow to. Synonym: punch.

4.

Make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote.

5.

Insert a plug into.

6.

Insert as a plug.

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"Plug" Quotes from Famous Books

... like he'd rejoice to plug another cattleman. I 'most arranged to send for Buck Weaver ...

— Mavericks • William MacLeod Raine

... were blank looks for a moment; till, with a queer grin, Donovan began to fumble in his waistcoat-pocket, and drew out, in close company with a rounded plug of tobacco, seven or ...

— Left on Labrador - or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' • Charles Asbury Stephens

... of the recent eruptions of Vesuvius it appears likely that the mountain is about to enter on a second period of inaction. The pipes leading through the new cone are small, and the mass of this elevation constitutes a great plug, closing the old crater mouth. To give vent to a large discharge of steam, the whole of this great mass, having a depth of nearly two thousand feet, would have to be blown away. It seems most likely that when the occasion for such a discharge comes, the vapours of the eruption will seek a ...

— Outlines of the Earth's History - A Popular Study in Physiography • Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

... intercom-speaker. "The ship has just been hit by a large meteor! All compartments between bulkheads Twelve and Thirteen are sealed off. All persons between bulkheads Twelve and Thirteen, put on oxygen helmets and plug in at the nearest phone connection. Your air is leaking, and you can't get out, but if you put on oxygen equipment immediately, you'll be all right. We'll get you out as soon as we can, and in any case, we are only a few hours out of Tareeshan atmosphere. ...

— Genesis • H. Beam Piper

... lives, rigged the pumps which had escaped destruction, and set to work to keep the water from gaining enough on her to send us to the bottom. This we found we could easily do; and the cook, going below, was able to plug several of the holes, which had been very imperfectly bored. Some of the crew, also, at last recovered their senses and assisted us in our labours; so that we continued to keep the craft afloat till the vessel, which ...

— The Pirate of the Mediterranean - A Tale of the Sea • W.H.G. Kingston

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