ALL meanings of plug
plug
P p - noun plug connector for electrical socket 1
- noun plug electrical socket 1
- noun plug sink, bath: stopper 1
- noun plug sth: blocks a hole 1
- transitive verb plug hole: block 1
- intransitive verb plug electricity: connect to mains 1
- noun plug promotion, advertising 1
- transitive verb plug advertise, promote 1
- noun plug an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them. 1
- verb with object plug to stop or fill with or as if with a plug (often followed by up): to plug up a leak; plug a gap. 1
- verb with object plug to insert or drive a plug into. 1
- verb with object plug to secure with or as if with a plug. 1
- verb with object plug to insert (something) as a plug. 1
- verb with object plug to remove a core or a small plug-shaped piece from. 1
- verb with object plug to remove the center of (a coin) and replace it with a baser metal: a plugged nickel. 1
- verb with object plug Informal. to mention (something) favorably, as in a lecture, radio show, etc.: He says he will appear if he can plug his new TV series. 1
- verb with object plug Slang. to punch with the fist. 1
- verb with object plug Slang. to shoot or strike with a bullet. 1
- verb without object plug to work with stubborn persistence (often followed by along or away): You're doing a fine job—just keep plugging. Some writers will plug away at the same novel for several years. 1
- verb without object plug Informal. to publicize insistently: Whenever he gets the chance, he's plugging for his company. 1
- verb without object plug Slang. to shoot or fire shots. 1
- idioms plug pull the plug on, Informal. to discontinue or terminate: The government has threatened to pull the plug on further subsidies. to disconnect life-sustaining equipment from (a moribund patient). 1
- countable noun plug A plug on a piece of electrical equipment is a small plastic object with two or three metal pins which fit into the holes of an electric socket and connects the equipment to the electricity supply. 0
- countable noun plug A plug is an electric socket. 0
- countable noun plug A plug is a thick, circular piece of rubber or plastic that you use to block the hole in a bath or sink when it is filled with water. 0
- countable noun plug A plug is a small, round piece of wood, plastic, or wax which is used to block holes. 0
- verb plug If you plug a hole, you block it with something. 0
- verb plug If someone plugs a commercial product, especially a book or a film, they praise it in order to encourage people to buy it or see it because they have an interest in it doing well. 0
- verb plug Plug is also a noun. 0
- noun plug a piece of wood, cork, or other material, often cylindrical in shape, used to stop up holes and gaps or as a wedge for taking a screw or nail 0
- noun plug such a stopper used esp to close the waste pipe of a bath, basin, or sink while it is in use and removed to let the water drain away 0
- noun plug a device having one or more pins to which an electric cable is attached: used to make an electrical connection when inserted into a socket 0
- noun plug a mass of solidified magma filling the neck of an extinct volcano 0
- noun plug a cake of pressed or twisted tobacco, esp for chewing 0
- noun plug a small piece of such a cake 0
- noun plug a weighted artificial lure with one or more sets of hooks attached, used in spinning 0
- noun plug a seedling with its roots encased in potting compost, grown in a tray with compartments for each individual plant 0
- noun plug a recommendation or other favourable mention of a product, show, etc, as on television, on radio, or in newspapers 0
- noun plug a shot, blow, or punch (esp in the phrase take a plug at) 0
- noun plug the mechanism that releases water to flush a lavatory (esp in the phrase pull the plug) 0
- noun plug an old horse 0
- verb plug to stop up or secure (a hole, gap, etc) with or as if with a plug 0
- verb plug to insert or use (something) as a plug 0
- verb plug to make favourable and often-repeated mentions of (a song, product, show, etc), esp on television, on radio, or in newspapers 0
- verb plug to shoot with a gun 0
- verb plug to punch or strike 0
- verb plug to work steadily or persistently 0
- noun plug an object used to stop up a hole, gap, outlet, etc. 0
- noun plug a natural concretion or formation that stops up a passage, duct, etc. 0
- noun plug a small wedge or segment cut from something, as from a melon to test its ripeness 0