plug

plug  (plg)

n.

1. An object, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; a stopper.

2. A dense mass of material that obstructs a passage.

3. A usually cylindrical or conic piece cut from something larger, often as a sample.

4. Electricity

a. A fitting, commonly with two metal prongs for insertion in a fixed socket, used to connect an appliance to a power supply.

b. A spark plug.

5. A hydrant.

6.

a. A flat cake of pressed or twisted tobacco.

b. A piece of chewing tobacco.

7. Geology A mass of igneous rock filling the vent of a volcano.

8. Informal A favorable public mention of a commercial product, business, or performance, especially when broadcast.

9. Slang Something inferior, useless, or defective, especially an old, worn-out horse.

10. Slang A gunshot or bullet: a plug in the back.

11. A lure to which hooks are attached, used especially in angling.

v. plugged, plug·ging, plugs

v.tr.

1. To fill (a hole) tightly with or as if with a plug; stop up.

2. To insert (something) as a plug: plugged a cork in the bottle.

3. Slang

a. To hit with a bullet; shoot.

b. To hit with the fist; punch.

4. Informal To publicize (a product, for example) favorably, as by mentioning on a broadcast: authors who plug their latest books on TV talk shows.

v.intr.

1. To become stopped up or obstructed: a gutter that plugged up with leaves.

2. Informal To work doggedly and persistently: "You may plug along fifty years before you get anywhere" (Saul Bellow).

Phrasal Verbs:

plug in

1. To connect (an appliance) to an electrical outlet.

2. To function by being connected to an electrical outlet: a power drill that plugs in.

plug into

1. To connect or be connected to in the manner of an electrical appliance: The local system is plugged into the national telephone network. This computer plugs into a data bank.

2. Slang To cause to be closely attuned or responsive to: connoisseurs who are plugged into the current art scene.

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[Dutch, from Middle Dutch plugge.]

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plugger n.

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plug [plʌg]

n

1. 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

2. 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

3. (Electronics) 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

4. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Also called volcanic plug a mass of solidified magma filling the neck of an extinct volcano

5. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) See sparking plug

6. (Law / Recreational Drugs)

a.  a cake of pressed or twisted tobacco, esp for chewing

b.  a small piece of such a cake

7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) Angling a weighted artificial lure with one or more sets of hooks attached, used in spinning

8. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) a seedling with its roots encased in potting compost, grown in a tray with compartments for each individual plant

9. Informal a recommendation or other favourable mention of a product, show, etc., as on television, on radio, or in newspapers

10. Slang a shot, blow, or punch (esp in the phrase take a plug at)

11. Informal the mechanism that releases water to flush a lavatory (esp in the phrase pull the plug)

12. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Chiefly US an old horse

pull the plug on Informal to put a stop to

vb plugs, plugging, plugged

1. (tr) to stop up or secure (a hole, gap, etc.) with or as if with a plug

2. (tr) to insert or use (something) as a plug to plug a finger into one's ear

3. (tr) Informal to make favourable and often-repeated mentions of (a song, product, show, etc.), esp on television, on radio, or in newspapers

4. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) (tr) Slang to shoot with a gun he plugged six rabbits

5. (tr) Slang to punch or strike

6. (intr; foll by along, away, etc.) Informal to work steadily or persistently

[from Middle Dutch plugge; related to Middle Low German plugge, German Pflock]

plugger  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plug - blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly stopple, stopper blockage, stoppage, occlusion, closure, block, stop - an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" bung, spile - a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask bottle cork, cork - the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) drainplug - a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin earplug - a plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise fipple - a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder) tampion, tompion - plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture tampon - plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood) spigot, tap - a plug for a bunghole in a cask
	2.	plug - a wad of something chewable as tobacco chaw, chew, cud, quid, wad bite, morsel, bit - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
	3.	plug - blatant or sensational promotion ballyhoo, hoopla, hype promotion, promotional material, publicity, packaging - a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas"
	4.	plug - electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark spark plug, sparking plug electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity ignition system, ignition - the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
	5.	plug - an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection male plug electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity phone plug, telephone plug - a plug for connecting a telephone
	6.	plug - an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire fire hydrant, fireplug hydrant - a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks
	7.	plug - an old or over-worked horse           nag, jade, hack Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Verb	1.	plug - fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak" stop up, secure stopper, stopple - close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers" tampon - plug with a tampon fill up, close - fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?" chink - fill the chinks of, as with caulking cork, cork up - close a bottle with a cork
	2.	plug - persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem" plug away hang in, persevere, persist, hang on, hold on - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
	3.	plug - deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach" punch hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
	4.	plug - make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote advertize, advertise, promote, push - make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
	5.	plug - insert a plug into; "plug the wall" put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here" plug - insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
	6.	plug - insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle" put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here" plug - insert a plug into; "plug the wall"

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plug

noun

1. stopper, cork, bung, spigot, stopple A plug had been inserted in the drill hole.

2. (Informal) mention, advertisement, advert (Brit. informal), push, promotion, publicity, puff, hype, good word, namecheck The show was little more than a plug for her new film.

verb

1. seal, close, stop, fill, cover, block, stuff, pack, cork, choke, stopper, bung, stop up, stopple Crews are working to plug a major oil leak.

2. (Informal) mention, push, promote, publicize, advertise, build up, puff, hype, write up, namecheck If I hear another actor plugging his latest book I will scream.

plug away (Informal) slog away, labour, toil away, grind away (informal), peg away, plod away, drudge away I just keep plugging away at this job, although I hate it.

Translations

plug [plʌg]

A. N

1. (in bath, basin, barrel, for leak) → tapón m
a plug of cotton wool → un tampón(de algodón)
to pull the plug on sth the bank pulled the plug on my overdraft → el banco me cerró el grifo del descubierto

2. (Elec) (on flex, apparatus) → enchufe m, clavija f; (= socket) → toma f de corriente (Telec) → clavija f (Aut) (= spark plug) → bujía f
2-/3-pin plug → clavija f bipolar/tripolar, clavija f de dos/tres polos

3. [of tobacco] → rollo m, tableta f (de tabaco de mascar)

4. (= piece of publicity) → publicidad f
to give sth/sb a plug → dar publicidad a algo/algn
to get/put in a plug for a product → lograr anunciar un producto(de modo solapado)

B. VT

1. (also plug up) [+ hole] → llenar, tapar; [+ leak] → cubrir (Archit) → rellenar
plug this cloth into the hole → tapa el agujero con este trapo
to plug a tooth → empastar una muela
to plug a loophole (fig) → cerrar una escapatoria
to plug the drain on the reserves (fig) → acabar con la pérdida de reservas

2. (= insert) → introducir
to plug a lead into a socket → enchufar un hilo en una toma

3. (= publicize) → dar publicidad a

4. (= advocate, put forward) → insistir or hacer hincapié en
he's been plugging that line for years → hace años que viene diciendo lo mismo

5. (= hit) → pegar; (= shoot) → pegar un tiro a

plug away VI + ADV to plug away (at sth) → perseverar(en algo), darle(a algo)

plug in

A. VT + ADV (Elec) → enchufar, conectar
to plug in a radio → conectar una radio

B. VI + ADV

1. (Elec) → enchufar

2. (fig) → ponerse en la onda
to plug in to → ponerse en la onda de, sintonizar con

plug up VT + ADV (= fill) → tapar, taponar

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plug [ˈplʌg]

n

(in bath, sink) → bonde f
to pull the plug on sth [+ project, activity] → laisser tomber qch

(= stopper) → bouchon m

(ELECTRICITY, ELECTRONICS) → prise f
The plug is faulty → La prise est défectueuse.

(AUTOMOBILES) → bougie f

(= publicity) → pub f >
to give sb a plug → faire de la pub pour qn
to give sth a plug → faire de la pub pour qch

vt

[+ hole] → boucher; [+ leak] → boucher

(= advertise) → faire de la retape pour >

plug in

vt sep → brancher
Is it plugged in? → Est-ce que c'est branché?

vi → se brancher
plug-and-play [ˌplʌgənˈpleɪ] adj → prêt(e) à l'emploi

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plug

n

(= stopper) → Stöpsel m; (for stopping a leak) → Propfen m; (in barrel) → Spund m; a plug of cotton wool → ein Wattebausch m; to pull the plug (in lavatory) → die Spülung ziehen; to pull the plug on somebody/something (fig inf) → jdm/einer Sache den Boden unter den Füßen wegziehen

(Elec) → Stecker m; (incorrect: = socket) → Steckdose f; (Aut: = spark plug) → (Zünd)kerze f

(inf: piece of publicity) → Schleichwerbung f no pl; to give somebody/something a plug → für jdn/etw Werbung machen

(of tobacco) → Scheibe f; (for chewing) → Priem m

(Geol) → Vulkanstotzen m

(US: = fireplug) → Hydrant m

(inf: = punch) to take a plug at somebody → jdm eine verpassen or runterhauen (inf)

vt

(= stop) hole, gap, crevice, leak → verstopfen, zustopfen; barrel → (ver)spunden; tooth → plombieren; the doctor plugged the wound with cotton wool → der Arzt stillte die Blutung mit Watte; to plug one’s ears → sich (dat) → die Ohren zuhalten; (with cotton wool etc) → sich (dat) → etwas in die Ohren stopfen; to plug the gaps in the tax laws → die Lücken im Steuergesetz schließen

(= insert) → stecken; plug the TV into the socket, please → steck bitte den Stecker vom Fernseher in die Steckdose; an old rag had been plugged into the hole → man hatte einen alten Lappen in das Loch gestopft

(inf: = publicize) → Schleichwerbung machen für

(inf: = push, put forward) idea → hausieren gehen mit

(inf: = shoot) to plug somebody in the head/stomach etc → jdm ein Loch in den Kopf/Bauch etc schießen; they plugged him full of lead → sie pumpten ihn mit Blei voll (inf)

(inf: = punch) → eine verpassen (+dat) (inf)

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plug:

plug-and-play

attr (Comput) technology → Plug-and-Play-

plug hat

n (old US sl) → Angströhre f (dated hum)

plughole

n (Brit) → Abflussloch nt, → Abfluss m; to go down the plug (fig inf) → kaputtgehen (inf)

plug-in

adj (Elec) → anschließbar; plug unit → Steckeinheit f

n (Comput) → Plug-in nt, → Zusatzsoftware f

plug tobacco

n → Kautabak m

plug-ugly (inf)

n → Schlägertyp m (inf), → Rabauke m (inf)

adj → potthässlich (inf)

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plug [plʌg]

1. n

a. (of bath, basin, barrel, volcano) → tappo; (for stopping a leak) → tampone m

b. (Elec) → spina (Aut) (also spark(ing) plug) → candela

c. (fam) (piece of publicity) → pubblicità f inv, réclame f inv
to give sb/sth a plug → fare pubblicità a qn/qc

2. vt

a. (also plug up) (hole) → tappare; (tooth) → otturare

b. (insert) → infilare, cacciare
to plug a lead into a socket → inserire un filo (elettrico) in una presa di corrente

c. (fam) (publicize) → fare pubblicità a; (push, put forward) → fare propaganda a

plug away vi + adv (fam) to plug away (at sth) → sgobbare (su qc)

plug in (Elec)

1. vi + adv → collegarsi
the TV plugs in behind the table → la presa per la TV è dietro il tavolo

2. vt + adv (appliance) → attaccare

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plug [plʌg]

1. n

a. (of bath, basin, barrel, volcano) → tappo; (for stopping a leak) → tampone m

b. (Elec) → spina (Aut) (also spark(ing) plug) → candela

c. (fam) (piece of publicity) → pubblicità f inv, réclame f inv
to give sb/sth a plug → fare pubblicità a qn/qc

2. vt

a. (also plug up) (hole) → tappare; (tooth) → otturare

b. (insert) → infilare, cacciare
to plug a lead into a socket → inserire un filo (elettrico) in una presa di corrente

c. (fam) (publicize) → fare pubblicità a; (push, put forward) → fare propaganda a

plug away vi + adv (fam) to plug away (at sth) → sgobbare (su qc)

plug in (Elec)

1. vi + adv → collegarsi
the TV plugs in behind the table → la presa per la TV è dietro il tavolo

2. vt + adv (appliance) → attaccare

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plug

n plug [plag]

1 a device for putting into a mains socket in order to allow an electric current to flow through the appliance to which it is attached by cable She changed the plug on the electric kettle. prop قابِس كَهرُبائي щепсел zástrčka stik der Stecker βύσμα, φις enchufe pistik دو شاخه pistoke prise תֵקָע प्लग utikač dugasz, dugó colokan (tengi)kló spina プラグ 플러그 kištukas kontaktdakša palam stekker støpsel wtyczka ficha ştecăr штепсельная вилка zástrčka vtič utikač stickpropp ปลั๊กไฟ elektrik fişi 插頭 штепсель پلگ phích cắm 插头

2 an object shaped for fitting into the hole in a bath or sink to prevent the water from running away, or a piece of material for blocking any hole. prop سِدادَه запушалка zátka prop der Stöpsel βούλωμα, τάπα tapón prunt درپوش tulppa bouchon פּקָק प्लग čep dugó sumbat tappi tappo 栓 마개 kamštis aizbāznis; korķis; puļķis penyumbat plug propp, tapp zatyczka tampão dop пробка, затычка zátka čep čep propp, tapp ที่อุดกันน้ำไหล tapa 塞子，栓 затичка; корок ڈاٹ، کاگ cái nút 塞子，栓

v – past tense, past participle plugged –

to block (a hole) by putting a plug in it He plugged the hole in the window with a piece of newspaper. toestop يَسُد запушвам ucpat stoppe verstopfen βουλώνω tapar täis toppima درپوش گذاشتن tukkia boucher לְאֶטוֹם ढकना, रोकना začepiti,zapuniti bedugaszol menyumbat setja tappa í tappare ふさぐ 틀어 막다 užkišti aizbāzt; aizkorķēt menyumbat dichtstoppen tette, plugge zatykać tapar a astupa затыкать, закупоривать upchať začepiti začepiti täppa till อุดรู tıkamak 堵塞 затикати, закупорювати ڈاٹ لگانا nút lại 堵塞

plug in

to connect up (an electrical apparatus) by inserting its plug into a socket Could you plug in the electric kettle? inprop يوَصِّل القابِس включвам zapojit, připojit sætte stikket i einstöpseln βάζω στην μπρίζα enchufar sisse lülitama به برق زدن kytkeä pistorasiaan brancher לְחַבֵּר לְשֶקַע डॉट लगाना uključiti bekapcsol, bedug mencolokkan stinga í samband (inserire la spina) プラグを差し込む 전원에 연결하다 įjungti iespraust kontaktdakšu memasang palam aansluiten sette i støpselet włączać do gniazdka ligar a conecta подключать к сети zapojiť vklopiti utaknuti ansluta เสียบปลั๊ก prize takmak 插上插頭以接通電源 вмикати پلگ لگانا cắm phích 插上插头以接通电源

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plug → قابِس špunt stik Stöpsel βύσμα enchufe tulppa prise utikač spina 栓 마개 plug plugg wtyczka tampão пробка kontakt สิ่งที่ใช้อุดรู tıkaç cái nút 塞子