plug

IPA: pɫˈʌg

noun

  • (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
  • (loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
  • Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
  • (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
  • (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
  • (US, slang) A worthless horse.
  • (dated) Any worn-out or useless article.
  • (dated, slang) A book that fails to sell.
  • (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
  • (slang) A promotion (act of promoting) a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing (concept, etc), for example during an interview or a commercial.
  • (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
  • (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
  • (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
  • (jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
  • (slang) A drug dealer.
  • A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
  • (aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.

verb

  • (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
  • (transitive) To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
  • (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
  • (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
  • (transitive, slang) To have sex with, penetrate sexually.
  • (transitive, slang) To ingest a drug rectally
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