Word Finder - plug

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A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

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

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

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

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• bung
• dowel
• stopper
• stopple

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A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

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He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.

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A high, tapering silk hat.

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A worthless horse.

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That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!

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• bum
• dobbin
• hack
• jade
• nag

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Any worn-out or useless article.

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A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.

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A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.

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

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

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

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

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

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A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.

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(jewellery) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.

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A drug dealer.

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A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.

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

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He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.

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To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.

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

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To persist or continue with something.

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Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.

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To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.

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To have sex with, penetrate sexually.

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I'd love to plug him.

She jerked the plug out of the sink and dried her hands.

The only thing we might be able to do is plug the holes.

When a plug was inserted in the spring-jack the connexion between the springs was opened, disconnecting the calling-drop from the line.

If it is a treadmill or some other piece of electrical equipment, ask to plug it in and then hop on the equipment and try it out.

The ovaries are solid bodies, of which the outer layer becomes separated from the plug of cells lying within; thus a cavity is formed which is clearly coelom.

What should my spark plug gap be set to?

Plug in your iPod and be ready to go or head online to download a few quick tracks.

If we were to plug the hole, the whole screen would be in geometrical shadow.

Silver and other insoluble impurities collected at the bottom of the trough up to the level of the lower side-tube, and were then run off through a plug in the bottom into settling tanks, from which they were removed for metallurgical treatment.

When this happens the plug being no longer covered with water is heated to such a temperature that it melts and allows the contents of the boiler to escape into the furnace.

Jim used a bulb planter to remove a plug of soil, which made for very easy planting of the strawberries.

This consists of sparking plug with a transparent top which enables you to see the color of the combustion taking place.

I suggest using a small dc motor in a 35mm film case connected by a 3.5mm jack plug to the main unit.

Comes fitted with a UK standard, 3-pin plug.

This is the extinct volcanic plug in the center of Holyrood Park, the Royal Park of Holyrood Palace.

A plug was made from marine plywood, which was then used to form the female hull molding.

Current systems rely on proprietary protocols and it is not possible to simply plug in new data sources or new services.

Simple short, strong folding legs for easy storage Attractive ash finish 12 month guarantee includes puck, pushers and a fitted UK plug.

Simply plug into a standard electrical socket to emit an ultrasonic sound and an electromagnetic pulse.

Plug the male end of the cord into the female power receptacle on the back of MacCharlie.

Checking for sparks can be a problem if you don't have a handy plug spanner or a spare plug.

To find one in your area, simply click the Store Locator function, and plug in either your state or zip code.

As mucus accumulates, it can plug up the smaller passageways in the lungs, decreasing functional lung volume.

Plug both measurements into the calculator below, then click the 'calculate my bra size' button to find your size.

This then causes a plug, which can lead to swelling and cause redness.

Modules are all plug in and only require a screwdriver to remove and replace.

Britain would no longer be there to plug the budget gap with massive subventions from the UK Treasury.

This happens in other cars, but the heat from the engine quickly thaws the plug of ice.

Plug in the power cord, insert the safety key and run the treadmill for a few minutes.

Moreover, the plug & play and fully tunable ultra-long haul transponders dramatically reduce the time to deploy.

Blanking caps are available so that the plug can be left watertight when disconnected.

Castelli, a petty officer in the Italian navy, found that, if a small drop of mercury was contained in a glass tube between a plug of iron and carbon, with certain adjustments, the arrangement was non-conductive to the current from a single cell but became conductive when electric oscillations passed through it.'

By embolism is meant the more or less sudden stoppage of a vessel by a plug of solid matter carried thither by the current of the blood; be it a little clot from the heart or, what is far more pernicious, an infective fragment from some focus of infection in the body, by which messengers new foci of infection may be scattered about the body.

Bathroom - Bath, electric shower, heated towel rail, shaver plug.

When the lure is working properly, the tip will vibrate quickly as the plug shimmies through the water.

Checking for sparks can be a problem if you do n't have a handy plug spanner or a spare plug.

The additional electrodes disturb the flow of gases around the spark plug tip and performance may even be reduced.

Ignition - Digital electronic ignition, with one spark plug per cylinder, integrated with fuel injection system.

Squirt some oil in the spark plug holes a couple of times and after a day try to rotate the engine by hand.

To circumvent this, you plug a step-down converter into the mains and then your imported console plugs into the converter.

The sump plug will be missing, believed dead.

If you do, it can be solved by using a surge suppressor plug at the mains socket where you plug the player in.

Kilgallen was swamped with requests by press agents to plug the activities of their clients.

Never leave a tap dripping in cold weather and leave the plug in sinks, basin and baths.

Using batteries will enable you more freedom to move around the house or yard, but you will probably want to plug your monitor in when you are basically in one area of the house.

These contractions may last as long as a minute, and you may also notice the loss of your mucus plug during this time.

Most are plug and play via the USB port, so they don't require any special installation.

With a stand-alone microwave oven, all you need to do is make space and plug it in.

The adaptor will let you plug your portable TV into an electrical outlet to conserve battery life.

If you choose a calculator that operates with double AA batteries, buy a power transformer that to plug into it.