plug
A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
Noun 4 meanings
A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
“I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.”
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
“Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.”
A flat oblong cake of cured and pressed tobacco; the tobacco that constitutes it.
“Near-synonym: chewing tobacco”
Any worn-out or useless article.
Verb 3 meanings
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
“He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.”
To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
“The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.”
To persist or continue with something.
“Near-synonym: plug away”
Etymology
From Dutch plug, from Middle Dutch plugge (“peg, plug”), from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-West Germanic *plugi. Further origin unknown. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz, but the word seems originally restricted to northern continental West Germanic.
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PLUG at a glance
PLUG has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (P 3 + L 1 + U 1 + G 2) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,629 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with plug
All rhymes- SLUG5
- UNPLUG9
- GLUG6
- SPARKPLUG18
- EARPLUG10
- FIREPLUG14
- CHUGALUG15
- ROSESLUG9
One letter away
- PLUS6
- PLUM8
- SLUG5
- GLUG6
- PLUE6
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