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plug

The correct spelling is plug.

How to pronounce plug

/plʌɡ/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
  2. 2.Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
  3. 3.A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
  4. 4.A high, tapering silk hat.
  5. 5.A worthless horse.

verb

  1. 1.To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
  2. 2.To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
  3. 3.To persist or continue with something.
  4. 4.To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
  5. 5.To have sex with, penetrate sexually.

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