English

Etymology
From Middle Low German and Middle Dutch plugge (Dutch #Dutch|plug), of unknown ultimate origin. Cognate with German Pflock.

Pronunciation
AHD|plŭg, IPA|/pl�ɡ/, SAMPA|/plVg/
audio|en-us-plug.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ɡ|-�ɡ

Noun
Image:Europlug.png|thumb|right|An electrical plug
Image:Angeln zubehoer wobbler 01.jpg|thumb|right|Some fishing plugs
en-noun

1. context|electricity A pronged connector|connecting device which fits into a mating socket.

#:I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.

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

#:Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.

1. US A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

#:He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.

1. context|US|slang A high, tapering silk hat.
2. context|US|slang A worthless horse.

#:That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!

1. context|construction A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
2. A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.

#:During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.

1. Geology A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.

#:Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash.

1. context|fishing A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.

#:The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper.

Derived terms
top2
butt-plug
breech plug
fire plug
hawse plug
plug board
mid2
plug and feather
plug centerbit
plug rod
plug valve
spark plug

Translations
trans-top|electric connecting device
Finnish: pistotulppa
French: prise f
German: Stecker m
Italian: presa f, spina f
Japanese: ��� (puragu)
trans-mid
Portuguese: ficha f, tomada f
Russian: ��еп�ел�на� вилка (štépsel�naja vílka) f
Serbian: utika� m
Spanish: enchufe m
trans-bottom

trans-top|hole filler
Chinese: �� s�izi
Finnish: tulppa
German: Stöpsel m
Italian: tappo m
trans-mid
Portuguese: tampão m
Russian: п�обка (próbka) f
Serbian: �ep m, zapuša� m
Spanish: tapón m
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb|plug|g|ed

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

#:He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.

1. transitive To mention a particular product or service.

#: The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.

1. intransitive informal To persist or continue with something.

#:Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.

1. transitive To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.

#*1884, s:Author:H. Rider Haggard|H. Rider Haggard, s:The Witch's Head/Book II/Chapter II|The Witch's Head
#*:I am awfully glad that you kept your nerve and plugged him; it would have been better if you could have nailed him through the right shoulder, which would not have killed him...

Related terms
plug in
unplug

Albanian

Noun
plug g|Albanian

1. plough

Category:Albanian nouns

Bosnian

Noun
plug m

1. plough

Category:Bosnian nouns

Croatian

Noun
plug m

1. plough

Category:Croatian nouns

French

Etymology
From English #English|plug.

Pronunciation
IPA|/plug/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. butt-plug

Istro-Romanian

Noun
infl|ruo|noun|g=n|plural|plugur|definite singular|plugu|definite plural|plugurle

1. plough

Romanian

Pronunciation
IPA|[plug]|lang=ro

Noun
ro-noun|gendn|plpluguri

1. plough

Declension
ro-noun-n|pl=pluguri

Serbian

Noun
plug m

1. plough

Cyrillic spelling
пл�г#Serbian|пл�г

Category:Serbian nouns

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