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Meaning of 'plug' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Plug [ n.]
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
- A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- A high, tapering silk hat.
- A worthless horse.
- A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
2 . Plug [ v. t.]
- To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

Meaning of 'plug' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . plug [ v]
Meaning (1):
- deliver a quick blow to
Example in sentence:
  • he punched me in the stomach
Meaning (2):
- replace the center of a coin with a baser metal
Example in sentence:
  • plug a nickle
Meaning (3):
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
Example in sentence:
  • plug the hole;
  • stop up the leak
Meaning (4):
- insert a plug into
Example in sentence:
  • plug the wall
Meaning (5):
- insert as a plug
Example in sentence:
  • She plugged a cork in the wine bottle
Meaning (6):
- persist in working hard
Example in sentence:
  • Students must plug away at this problem

Nearby Words:

pluck plucked plucker pluckily pluckiness plucking pluckless plucky pluff plugged

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