plug

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q64537413}}{{lb|en|electricity}} A pronged [[connector|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. {{senseid|en|tobacco}} {{lb|en|US|countable|uncountable}} A flat oblong [[cake]] of cured and pressed [[tobacco]]; the tobacco that constitutes it.
4. {{lb|en|US|slang}} A high, tapering [[silk]] [[hat]].
5. {{lb|en|US|slang}} A [[worthless]] [[horse]].
6. {{lb|en|dated}} Any worn-out or useless article.
7. {{lb|en|dated|slang}} A [[book]] that fails to sell.
8. {{lb|en|construction}} A [[block]] of [[wood]] let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
9. {{lb|en|slang}} A [[promotion]] (act of promoting) of a [[product]] (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an [[interview]] or a [[commercial]].
10. {{lb|en|geology}} A body of once molten [[rock]] that [[hardened]] in a [[volcanic]] [[vent]]. Usually round or oval in shape.
11. {{lb|en|fishing}} A type of [[lure]] consisting of a [[rigid]], [[buoyant]] or semi-buoyant body and one or more [[hook]]s.
12. {{lb|en|horticulture}} A small [[seedling]] grown in a [[tray]] from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost [[substrate]].

Verb

1. {{senseid|en|stop up}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[stop]] with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
2. {{senseid|en|promote; encourage}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[promote]] (something, especially a product or service); to [[mention]] (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
3. {{senseid|en|persist; continue}} {{lb|en|intransitive|informal}} To [[persist]] or [[continue]] with something.
4. {{senseid|en|shoot with a bullet}} {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[shoot]] (someone) with a [[bullet]].
5. {{senseid|en|have sex with; penetrate sexually}} {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[have sex]] with; to [[penetrate]] [[sexually]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[ingest]] a [[drug]] [[rectally]].

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