plug
English edit
Etymology edit
From 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: compare German Low German Plüg, Norwegian plug (“peg, wedge”, probably borrowed from Middle Low German), German Pflock (“peg”, restricted to Central German and phonetically divergent). Possibly akin to Lithuanian plúkti (“to strike, hew”).
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Noun edit
plug (plural plugs)
- (electricity) A 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.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- (dated) Any worn-out or useless article.
- (dated, slang) A book that fails to sell.
- 1886, The Publishers Weekly, volume 29, page 25:
- Stack all new and fresh, composed of the fast-selling standard books only — no old plugs or unsalable books whatever.
- 1997, The Book Collector, volume 46, page 184:
- Many New York booksellers promoted the impression that Quaritch had sent only 'plugs' (i.e. unsaleable books).
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- (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.
- (geology) 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.
- (fishing) 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.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- (jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- 2017, Gucci Mane, Neil Martinez-Belkin, The Autobiography of Gucci Mane, page 32:
- He saw me catch a trap and leave the house of a drug dealer. That's why he targeted me. He could have easily blown my ass off right then and there for lying, but for some reason he didn't. He just left. I biked back to my plug's spot and told him […]
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- (aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- 2010, Ajoy Kumar Kundu, Aircraft Design, page 165:
- Add front and aft closures to the fuselage midsection. Addition or subtraction of fuselage plugs, to a maximum of five rows, conveniently distributed on each side of wing, is possible.
Derived terms edit
- banana plug
- bathplug
- breech plug
- bridge plug
- butt-plug
- butt plug
- carom plug
- chair plug
- core plug
- door plug
- drain plug
- epithelial plug
- fireplug
- fuse plug
- glow plug
- hair plug
- hawse plug
- jack plug
- lip plug
- mud plug
- not worth a plug nickel
- plug and feather
- plugboard
- plug centerbit
- plug cut
- plug door
- plug hat
- plughole
- plug nickel
- plug rod
- plug tap
- plug-ugly
- plug valve
- pulling the plug
- pull the plug
- punctal plug
- put the plug in the jug
- rawl plug
- safety plug
- scupper plug
- smart plug
- sparking plug
- spark plug
- tail plug
- wall plug
- washout plug
- welch plug
- yolk plug
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Verb edit
plug (third-person singular simple present plugs, present participle plugging, simple past and past participle plugged)
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
- (transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
- The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.
- Kennedy went on nationwide speaking tour to plug environmental conservation.
- 2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 April 2019:
- He [Mike Skinner] treats the gig as an opportunity repeatedly to plug the after-party, where he will be DJing.
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
- 1884, H. Rider Haggard, The Witch's Head
- I am awfully glad that you kept your nerve and plugged him; it would have been better if you could have nailed him through the right shoulder, which would not have killed him...
- 1884, H. Rider Haggard, The Witch's Head
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with, penetrate sexually.
- I’d love to plug him.
- (transitive, slang) To ingest a drug rectally
- Synonym: boof
Synonyms edit
- (persist): keep up, soldier on; see also Thesaurus:persevere
- (shoot a bullet): bust a cap, pop, ventilate
- (have sex with): drill, pound, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
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Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From a South Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *plugъ (“plough”), further derived from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz (“plough”), *plōguz (“plough”). Compare Serbo-Croatian плуг, Bulgarian плуг (plug), and English plough.[1] Replaced parmendë in most dialects, which came to mean “wooden plough”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plug m (plural plugje, definite plugu, definite plural plugjet)
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References edit
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "plug", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 228-229
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plugъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Compare also Daco-Romanian plug.
Noun edit
plug n (plural pluguri)
- plough
- Synonyms: aratru, aletrã, dãmãljiugu, paramendã
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From early modern plugge, from Middle Dutch *plugge, from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz. Despite being attested only very late, it has certain cognates in several other Germanic languages, including Middle Low German plugge, Middle High German plugge, Swedish plugg.
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plug m (plural pluggen, diminutive plugje n)
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French edit
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plug m (plural plugs)
Istro-Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From a Slavic language, compare Proto-Slavic *plugъ, itself of Germanic origin.
Noun edit
plug n (plural plugur, definite singular plugu, definite plural plugurle)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic плоугъ (plugŭ), from Proto-Slavic *plugъ, itself of Germanic origin.
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plug n (plural pluguri)
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) plug | plugul | (niște) pluguri | plugurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) plug | plugului | (unor) pluguri | plugurilor |
vocative | plugule | plugurilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plugъ, itself of Germanic origin.
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plȕg m (Cyrillic spelling плу̏г)
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Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *plugъ, itself of Germanic origin.
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plȗg or plȕg m inan
- plough (device pulled through the ground in order to break it upon into furrows for planting)
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | plúg | ||
gen. sing. | plúga | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
plúg | plúga | plúgi |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
plúga | plúgov | plúgov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
plúgu | plúgoma | plúgom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
plúg | plúga | plúge |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
plúgu | plúgih | plúgih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
plúgom | plúgoma | plúgi |
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | plùg | ||
gen. sing. | plúga | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
plùg | plúga | plúgi |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
plúga | plúgov | plúgov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
plúgu | plúgoma | plúgom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
plùg | plúga | plúge |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
plúgu | plúgih | plúgih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
plúgom | plúgoma | plúgi |
Further reading edit
- “plug”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran