plug en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /plʌɡ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England)
- /plʊɡ/ (Northern-England)
- /plɐɡ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- plŭg
Etymology
From Dutch plug, from Middle Dutch plugge (“peg, plug”), from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-West Germanic *plugi. Further origin unknown. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz, but the word seems originally restricted to northern continental West Germanic. Perhaps ultimately from the same source as Dutch plag (“cut-out sod”), itself considered to be from a substrate. Compare German Low German Plüg, Norwegian plug (“peg, wedge”, probably borrowed from Middle Low German), German Pflock (“peg”, restricted to Central German and phonetically divergent). Possibly akin to Lithuanian plúkti (“to strike, hew”).
Meanings
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A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.
- (broadly) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. ▸ An electric socket: wall plug.
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Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.
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(US, countable, uncountable) A flat oblong cake of cured and pressed tobacco; the tobacco that constitutes it.
He preferred plug to snuff.
He preferred a plug to snuff.
Near-synonym: chewing tobacco
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
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(US, slang) A worthless horse.
That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
- (dated) Any worn-out or useless article.
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(dated, slang) A book that fails to sell.
Stack all new and fresh, composed of the fast-selling standard books only — no old plugs or unsalable books whatever.
1886, The Publishers Weekly, volume 29, page 25:Many New York booksellers promoted the impression that Quaritch had sent only 'plugs' (i.e. unsaleable books).
1997, The Book Collector, volume 46, page 184:
- A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
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(slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
I just wanted to […] give a plug to Disney World […]
1956 November 11, 22:37 from the start, in Franklin Heller, director, What's My Line?, season 8, episode 11, spoken by Bennett Cerf:Department store decorations up before Thanksgiving, Christmas cards all over the place, TV full of plugs for fifty-dollar toys that inner-city kids watching can never expect to receive, parents spending what they can't afford and deluging their kids with the annual orgy of materialist values […]
1973 December 8, A. Nolder Gay, “Coping With Christmas”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 25, page 3:She used her televised tour of the zoo to work in another plug for conservation.
During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.
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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.
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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.
- A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
- A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
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(slang) A drug dealer.
He saw me catch a trap and leave the house of a drug dealer. That's why he targeted me. He could have easily blown my ass off right then and there for lying, but for some reason he didn't. He just left. I biked back to my plug's spot and told him […]
2017, Gucci Mane, Neil Martinez-Belkin, The Autobiography of Gucci Mane, page 32:
- (qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) A trusted connection; someone who provides illicit goods and resources.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
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A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
Add front and aft closures to the fuselage midsection. Addition or subtraction of fuselage plugs, to a maximum of five rows, conveniently distributed on each side of wing, is possible.
2010, Ajoy Kumar Kundu, Aircraft Design, page 165:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of spark plug.
alt of spark plug
I changed the plugs and the coil packs.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of fireplug (“fire hydrant”).
alt of fireplug
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| plugs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
earplug · spark plug · safety plug · butt-plug · butt plug · epithelial plug · bridge plug · rawl plug · punctal plug · carom plug · put the plug in the jug · yolk plug · miniplug · plug cut · plugpoint · hawse-plug · plug nickel · pluglike · plugless · dust plug · plug centerbit · pull the plug · lip plug · welch plug · Jones plug · plugback · sparking plug · tunnel plug · spoonplug · tail plug · mud plug · glow plug · plug bayonet · plug compatible · plugola · plugboard · pluggery · hair plug · chair plug · anal plug · scupper plug · fuse plug · Europlug · door plug · bathplug · hawse plug · multiplug · washout plug · noseplug · smart plug · plughole · not worth a plug nickel · plug tap · breech plug · plug door · plug and feather · pulling the plug · core plug · fuckplug · jack plug · fireplug · plug valve · plugworthy · plug rod · drainplug · plug-ugly · plug hat · plug walk · wall plug · hotplug · drain plug · banana plug · plugfest
Descendants
Hyponyms
Relateds
cork · outlet · lid · bung · bunghole · plughole · dowel
Synonyms
stopple · pin · dobbin · bung · bum · nag · stopper · jade · block · stopple · dowel · peg · stopper · earspool · hack · plug · chewing tobacco
Translations (190)
de Pfropfen (hole filler) · sh utìkāč (electric connecting device) · de Pfropf (hole filler) · pdt Propsel (hole filler) · ota مانطار (hole filler) · eo kontaktilo (electric connecting device) · es tapón (hold for nails) · et pistik (electric connecting device) · hu tömítés (hole filler) · tg штепсел (electric connecting device) · nl plug (hold for nails) · ar دِسَام (hole filler) · ro fișă (electric connecting device) · es taco (hold for nails) · nl stop (hole filler) · tl sumpal (hole filler) · gl cadoira (hole filler) · mi puru (hole filler) · es plag (electric connecting device) · de Stopfen (hole filler) · th เต้าเสียบ (electric connecting device) · ka შტეფსელი (electric connecting device) · sh štȅker (electric connecting device) · uz shteker (electric connecting device) · id sumbat (hole filler) · scn stuppagghiu (hole filler) · ar فِدَام (hole filler) · sw plagi (electric connecting device) · wa boutchon (hole filler) · be штэ́псель (electric connecting device) · ca endoll (electric connecting device) · ajp فيش (electric connecting device) · ca clavilla (electric connecting device) · bg запушалка (hole filler) · ga plocóid (electric connecting device) · id colokan (electric connecting device) · ru заты́чка (hole filler) · cs zástrčka (electric connecting device) · fa دوشاخه (electric connecting device) · hu csatlakozó (electric connecting device) · fi pistotulppa (electric connecting device) · eo ŝtopilo (hole filler) · izh tulppa (hole filler) · ar بُوجِيه (hole filler) · uz shtepsel (electric connecting device) · tr tıkaç (hole filler) · nl prop (hole filler) · nb plugg (hole filler) · id tusuk kontak (electric connecting device) · gl tarabelo (electric connecting device) · yue 插蘇頭 /插苏头 (electric connecting device) · nb propp (hole filler) · vi đầu cắm điện (electric connecting device) · tr fiş (electric connecting device) · sh čȅp (hole filler) · pt plugue (electric connecting device) · ar فِيشَة (electric connecting device) · es tapón (hole filler) · fi tulppa (hold for nails) · ja プラグ (electric connecting device) · de Stecker (electric connecting device) · ky штепсель (electric connecting device) · cy plwg (hole filler) · ms palam (electric connecting device) · es plog (electric connecting device) · aii ܡܲܡܛܝܵܢܵܐ (electric connecting device) · ar سِطَام (hole filler) · nn propp (hole filler) · fi pistoke (electric connecting device) · ro pin (electric connecting device) · nn plugg (hole filler) · kk сүңгіме (electric connecting device) · vi đầu cắm (electric connecting device) · uk ште́кер (electric connecting device) · nn støpsel (electric connecting device) · ja 栓 (hole filler) · km ព្រីកួរ៉ង់ (electric connecting device) · km ប្រដាប់ស៊ក (electric connecting device) · sv kontakt (electric connecting device) · sq fishë (electric connecting device) · pl wtyczka (electric connecting device) · bg трупче (hold for nails) · he תֶּקַע (electric connecting device) · kk штепсель (electric connecting device) · mk утикач (electric connecting device) · cmn 塞子 (hole filler) · gl buxón (hole filler) · it tappo (hole filler) · wa fitche (electric connecting device) · sw kizibo (hole filler) · ary فيش (electric connecting device) · gl rolla (hole filler) · ar صِمّة (hole filler) · ky штекер (electric connecting device) · az taxıc (electric connecting device) · gl tapullo (hole filler) · cmn 插頭 /插头 (electric connecting device) · pt tampão (hole filler) · yue 插蘇 /插苏 (electric connecting device) · ru про́бка (hole filler) · id pencolok (electric connecting device) · gl tampón (hole filler) · is kló (electric connecting device) · eu entxufe (electric connecting device) · ko 플러그 (electric connecting device) · yue 插頭 /插头 (electric connecting device) · bg щепсел (electric connecting device) · fi tulppa (hole filler) · ru ште́псель (electric connecting device) · es taquete (hold for nails) · es ploga (electric connecting device) · az ştepsel (electric connecting device) · de Zapfen (hole filler) · el φις (electric connecting device) · es clavija (electric connecting device) · pl zatyczka (hole filler) · be ві́лка (electric connecting device) · ar سِدَاد (hole filler) · lt štepselis (electric connecting device) · ru ви́лка (electric connecting device) · cy plwg (electric connecting device) · de Dübel (hold for nails) · mk штекер (electric connecting device) · sl vtikač (electric connecting device) · de Holzdübel (hold for nails) · tg вилка (electric connecting device) · izh probka (hole filler) · tk ştepsel (electric connecting device) · id steker (electric connecting device) · sv stickpropp (electric connecting device) · uk ште́псель (electric connecting device) · grc βύσμα (hole filler) · sv propp (hole filler) · gl enchufe (electric connecting device) · et stepsel (electric connecting device) · it spina (electric connecting device) · de Stöpsel (hole filler) · lv aizbāznis (hole filler) · cy topyn (hole filler) · ar سِدَادَة (hole filler) · bg щекер (electric connecting device) · sk zástrčka (electric connecting device) · ar قَابِس (electric connecting device) · be штэ́кер (electric connecting device) · uz vilka (electric connecting device) · no plugg (electric connecting device) · da stikprop (electric connecting device) · hy խրոցակ (electric connecting device) · ru ште́кер (electric connecting device) · no støpsel (electric connecting device) · sh утѝка̄ч (electric connecting device) · sq spinë (electric connecting device) · fi töpseli (electric connecting device) · fr fiche (electric connecting device) · bg тапа (hole filler) · ro ștecăr (electric connecting device) · az tıxac (hole filler) · ko 마개 (hole filler) · lv spraudnis (electric connecting device) · fa فیش (electric connecting device) · th ปลั๊ก (electric connecting device) · lo ຫົວສຽບໄຟຟ້າ (electric connecting device) · hu dugó (hole filler) · my အဆို့ (hole filler) · sv plugg (hole filler) · kk аша (electric connecting device) · de Dübelholz (hold for nails) · is rafmagnskló (electric connecting device) · sh zapùšāč (hole filler) · sh че̏п (hole filler) · nl stekker (electric connecting device) · hy շտեպսել (electric connecting device) · es plug (electric connecting device) · mi kāremu (hole filler) · fr bouchon (hole filler) · de Spund (hole filler) · sv elkontakt (electric connecting device) · sv stickkontakt (electric connecting device) · hu dugó (electric connecting device) · ru ште́псельная ви́лка (electric connecting device) · mn цахилгааны залгуур (electric connecting device) · sh ште̏кер (electric connecting device) · lt kištukas (electric connecting device) · uk ви́лка (electric connecting device) · grc ἴβδης (hole filler) · gl chavella (electric connecting device) · sh запу̀ша̄ч (hole filler) · my ပလတ် (electric connecting device) · vi phích (electric connecting device) · es enchufe (electric connecting device)
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