plug

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

2. 2noun

   A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

3. 3noun

   A high, tapering silk hat.

4. 4noun

   A worthless horse.

5. 5noun

   A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.

6. 6transitive verb

   To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

7. 7noun

   an old or over-worked horse

   Synonyms

   hackjadenag
8. 8noun

   an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

   Synonyms

   fireplug
9. 9noun

   blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

   Synonyms

   stopperstopple
10. 10noun

    an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection

11. 11noun

    electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark

12. 12noun

    blatant or sensational promotion

    Synonyms

    ballyhoohooplahype
13. 13noun

    a wad of something chewable as tobacco

    Synonyms

    chawchewcudquidwad
14. 14verb

    insert as a plug

    "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"

15. 15verb

    insert a plug into

    "plug the wall"

16. 16verb

    persist in working hard

    "Students must plug away at this problem"

17. 17verb

    make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

18. 18verb

    deliver a quick blow to

    "he punched me in the stomach"

    Synonyms

    punch
19. 19verb

    fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

    "plug the hole"

    "stop up the leak"

    Synonyms

    secure