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Uncommonplug
The correct spelling is plug.
How to pronounce plug
/plʌɡ/
nounIPA: /plʌɡ/
Say it like: Plu-g
The correct spelling is plug. A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. For example: "I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again."
Usage Examples
“I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.”
“Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.”
“He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- 2.Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- 3.A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- 4.A high, tapering silk hat.
- 5.A worthless horse.
verb
- 1.To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- 2.To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
- 3.To persist or continue with something.
- 4.To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
- 5.To have sex with, penetrate sexually.
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