plug
A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical oneA pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
» Tom plugged in the radio and turned it on.
Tom stöpselte das Radio ein und schaltete es an.
Том подключил радио к сети и включил его.
Том підключив радіо і ввімкнув його.
Meaning
19 sensesA pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.
Stecker
ште́псельная ви́лкаštɛ́pselʹnaja vílka, ште́псельštɛ́pselʹ, ви́лкаvílka
ште́псельštépselʹ, ште́керštéker, ви́лкаvýlka
electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
(broadly)An electric socket: wall plug.
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.
(US, countable, uncountable)A flat oblong cake of cured and pressed tobacco; the tobacco that constitutes it.
Near-synonym: chewing tobacco
He preferred a plug to snuff.
(US, slang)A high, tapering silk hat.
(US, slang)A worthless horse.
That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
an old or over-worked horse
(dated)Any worn-out or useless article.
(dated, slang)A book that fails to sell.
A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
Dübelholz, Dübel, Holzdübel
(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.
During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.
She used her televised tour of the zoo to work in another plug for conservation.
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.
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.
Examples
166 sentencesTom plugged in the radio and turned it on.
Том підключив радіо і ввімкнув його.
ruТом подключил радио к сети и включил его.
deTom stöpselte das Radio ein und schaltete es an.
I plugged in the TV.
Я підключив телевізор.
ruЯ подключил телевизор.
The spark plugs aren't the problem.
ruПроблема не в свечах зажигания.
Tom plugged in the coffee maker.
ruТом включил кофеварку в розетку.
You've got to keep plugging away.
Translations
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Origin
From Dutch plug, from Middle Dutch plugge (“peg, plug”), from Old Dutch *pluggi, from ProtFrom Dutch plug, from Middle Dutch plugge (“peg, plug”), from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-West Germanic *plugi. Further origin unknown. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz, but the word seems originally restricted to northern continental West Germanic. Perhaps ultimately from the same source as Dutch plag (“cut-out sod”), itself considered to be from a substrate.
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Forms
plural: plugsSynonyms
28 synonyms- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly:stopperstopple
- an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection:male plug
- an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire:fireplugfire hydrant
- electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark:spark plugsparking plug
- an old or over-worked horse:hackjadenag
- blatant or sensational promotion:ballyhoohooplahype
Word family
60 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- spark plugs
- plugged in the
- pull the plug