Plug Definition
plŭg
plugged, plugging, plugs
noun
plugs
An object used to stop up a hole, gap, outlet, etc.
Webster's New World
A dense mass of material that obstructs a passage.
American Heritage
A natural concretion or formation that stops up a passage, duct, etc.
Webster's New World
A small wedge or segment cut from something, as from a melon to test its ripeness.
Webster's New World
An electrical connector, as with projecting prongs, designed to be fitted into an outlet, etc., thus making contact or closing a circuit.
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Synonyms:
verb
plugged, plugging, plugs
To stop up or fill (a hole, gap, etc.) by inserting a plug.
Webster's New World
To insert a plug of (something) in a hole or gap.
Webster's New World
To connect with something so as to become attached, to close an electric circuit, etc.
Webster's New World
To cut a plug from (a melon) to test its ripeness.
Webster's New World
To insert in an appropriate place or position.
Plug a quarter into the parking meter; plugged the variables into the equation.
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idiom
plug in
- to connect (an electrical device) with an outlet, etc. by inserting a plug in a socket, jack, etc.
- to be or become connected in this way or in a way regarded as analogous
Webster's New World
pull the plug
- to disconnect a device being used to maintain a terminal patient's life
- to put an end to something
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Plug
Origin of Plug
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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'.
From Wiktionary
Dutch from Middle Dutch plugge
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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