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   plug

   /plʌɡ/

   noun

   • 1. a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up: "somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow" Similar stopperbungcorksealspigotspilestopple
   • ▪ a circular piece of metal, rubber, or plastic used to stop the plughole of a bath or basin and keep the water in it: "she pulled out the plug and got out on to the sodden bath mat"
   • ▪ a baby's dummy. informal North American
   • ▪ a mass of solidified lava filling the neck of a volcano.
   • ▪ (in gardening) a young plant or clump of grass with a small mass of soil protecting its roots, for planting out.
   • 2. a device for making an electrical connection between an appliance and the mains, consisting of an insulated casing with metal pins that fit into holes in a socket: "the cable is fitted with a two-pin plug"
   • ▪ a socket into which an electric plug can be fitted: "the vacuum cleaner cord snaked away to a hidden plug"
   • ▪ short for spark plug
   • 3. a piece of publicity promoting a product, event, or establishment: informal "he threw in a plug, boasting that the restaurant offered many entrées for under £5" Similar piece of publicityfavourable mentionadvertisementpromotionrecommendationmentiongood wordcommercialinformal:hypepushpuffadboostballyhooadvert
   • 4. a piece of tobacco cut from a larger cake for chewing: "they sold chewing tobacco in bars and plugs" Similar wadquidtwistchewinformal:chawrare:pigtailcudcake
   • ▪ tobacco in large cakes designed to be cut for chewing: "he was always chewing plug and cracking jokes"
   • 5. a lure with one or more hooks attached.
   • 6. short for fireplug
   • 7. a tired or old horse. informal North American

   verb

   • 1. block or fill in (a hole or cavity): "trucks arrived loaded with gravel to plug the hole and clear the road" Similar stop (up)seal (up/off)close (up/off)corkstopperbungblock (up/off)dam (up)fill (up)packstuffstopple
   • ▪ insert (something) into an opening so as to fill it: "the baby plugged his thumb into his mouth"
   • 2. mention (a product, event, or establishment) publicly in order to promote it: informal "during the show he plugged his new record" Similar publicizepromotegive publicity toadvertisementiongive a mention towrite upbuild upbeat/bang the drum forcommenddraw attention toinformal:hypehype uppushpuffboost
   • 3. shoot or hit (someone or something): informal North American "he got plugged in the head while he was taking a nap" Similar shoothitshoot downgun downpick offinformal:blastpump full of lead

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German plugge, of unknown ultimate origin.

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