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Synonyms for plug
plʌgplug
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Princeton's WordNet
plug, stopper, stopplenoun
blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
Synonyms:
chew, wad, showstopper, hype, conversation stopper, nag, spark plug, sparking plug, quid, hack, stopple, show-stopper, fireplug, ballyhoo, jade, chaw, cud, stopper, male plug, hoopla, fire hydrantchew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wadnoun
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Synonyms:
tidy sum, pot, peck, quid, mastication, hype, lot, quid pro quo, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, hack, fire hydrant, chewing, pile, muckle, stack, rechewed food, mass, spark plug, good deal, male plug, mountain, sight, stopple, plenty, deal, mess, jade, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, fireplug, heap, great deal, pound, chaw, ballyhoo, mint, stopper, sparking plug, spate, chew, cud, pound sterling, nag, hoopla, manductionballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plugnoun
blatant or sensational promotion
Synonyms:
chew, wad, hype, nag, spark plug, sparking plug, quid, hack, stopple, fireplug, ballyhoo, jade, chaw, cud, stopper, male plug, hoopla, fire hydrantspark plug, sparking plug, plugnoun
electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
Synonyms:
chew, wad, cud, hype, nag, spark plug, sparking plug, hack, stopple, fireplug, ballyhoo, jade, chaw, quid, stopper, male plug, hoopla, fire hydrantplug, male plugnoun
an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
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chew, wad, hype, nag, spark plug, sparking plug, quid, hack, stopple, fireplug, ballyhoo, jade, chaw, cud, stopper, male plug, hoopla, fire hydrantfireplug, fire hydrant, plugnoun
an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
Synonyms:
chew, wad, cud, hype, nag, spark plug, sparking plug, hack, stopple, fireplug, ballyhoo, jade, chaw, quid, stopper, male plug, hoopla, fire hydranthack, jade, nag, plugverb
an old or over-worked horse
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common scold, quid, ballyhoo, hype, fornicatress, trollop, machine politician, drudge, hack, jadestone, fire hydrant, political hack, slut, taxicab, loose woman, adulteress, nagger, spark plug, cab, male plug, jade green, ward-heeler, stopple, hacker, jade, literary hack, fireplug, hack writer, strumpet, scolder, hussy, taxi, stopper, scold, sparking plug, wad, chaw, chew, cud, nag, hooplaplug, stop up, secureverb
fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
"plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
Synonyms:
fasten, stop up, plug away, batten down, fix, procure, guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, batten, punch, secureplug, plug awayverb
persist in working hard
"Students must plug away at this problem"
Synonyms:
stop up, plug away, slog, peg away, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, punch, secure, keep one's nose to the grindstonepunch, plugverb
deliver a quick blow to
"he punched me in the stomach"
plugverb
make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
plugverb
insert a plug into
"plug the wall"
plugverb
insert as a plug
"She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#748 | lot | |
#1274 | deal | |
#1300 | secure | |
#1372 | ensure | |
#1521 | mountain | |
#1819 | connect | |
#2009 | mass | |
#2046 | guarantee | |
#2291 | fill | |
#2464 | fix | |
#3032 | cap | |
#3071 | pin | |
#3137 | plug | |
#3448 | outlet | |
#4715 | plenty | |
#4910 | pound | |
#4976 | sight | |
#5100 | pot | |
#5151 | socket | |
#5177 | mint | |
#5702 | stack | |
#5923 | connector | |
#6127 | hacker | |
#6438 | slut | |
#6546 | cab | |
#7231 | assure | |
#7410 | batch | |
#7789 | taxi | |
#8009 | mess | |
#8114 | punch | |
#8412 | hack | |
#9466 | cork | |
#9715 | jade | |
#10044 | insure | |
#10302 | pile | |
#13077 | shutter | |
#13488 | hype | |
#14364 | heap | |
#15058 | flock | |
#17739 | peck | |
#17819 | chew | |
#20713 | chewing | |
#21748 | raft | |
#21972 | stopper | |
#22194 | slew | |
#24129 | nag | |
#25011 | procure | |
#25036 | drudge | |
#32259 | quid | |
#36307 | fasten | |
#36659 | wad | |
#40096 | plunger | |
#40986 | spina | |
#45627 | batten | |
#47323 | pluggable | |
#48006 | spate | |
#49423 | taxicab | |
#53513 | cud | |
#62791 | slog | |
#65843 | hoopla | |
#73551 | scold | |
#97665 | showstopper | |
#108650 | hussy | |
#123754 | ballyhoo | |
#127323 | mickle | |
#146470 | mastication | |
#149105 | muckle | |
#153240 | chaw | |
#158035 | adulteress | |
#161955 | perforate | |
#163107 | passel | |
#201413 | hatful | |
#205174 | strumpet | |
#231136 | trollop |
How to use plug in a sentence?
I thought they was going to pull the plug on my baby. I didn't think that she was going to still be here today. And that's what I'm grateful for, it was a big relief because I've been running around all week trying to get help until Sunday, and then I finally got what I've been praying for.
These five cars will be supplemented by a range of petrol and diesel plug in hybrid and mild hybrid 48-volt options on all models, this means that there will in future be no Volvo cars without an electric motor.
I totally rule out any arrangements with the SNP — in the same way I rule out any arrangements with UKIP — because there is no meeting point for me with one party that basically wants to pull our country to bits and another party that wants us to pull out of the EU, i would never recommend to the Liberal Democrats that we help establish a government which is basically on a life support system, where Alex Salmond could pull the plug any time he wants.
There’s always different challenges, there’s fitness and equipment and the others have thousands of hours of skiing by now and I have twenty or fifteen or so, i have to be ready to pull the plug because if I’m not ready, I’m not going to risk severe injury because of one thing or another.
We need to be able to plug up the straits.
Translations for plug
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- clavilla, endollCatalan, Valencian
- zástrčkaCzech
- Stecker, StöpselGerman
- ŝtopilo, kontaktiloEsperanto
- tapón, enchufeSpanish
- stepsel, pistikEstonian
- دو شاخه, فیشPersian
- tulppa, sulkea, työstää, tuikata, pistotulppa, tärskäyttää, puffata, tukkiaFinnish
- bourrer, fiche, bouchon, boucher, fermerFrench
- תקעHebrew
- csatlakozó, tömítés, dugóHungarian
- spina, presa, tappoItalian
- プラグJapanese
- puru, kāremuMāori
- цахилгааны залгуурMongolian
- palamMalay
- stekker, stop, plugDutch
- plugg, støpselNorwegian
- wtyczka, zatyczkaPolish
- tomada, ficha, tampãoPortuguese
- închide, fișă, astupa, pin, ștecărRomanian
- вилка, затыка́ть, штекер, штепсельная вилка, заку́поривать, штепсель, заткну́ть, пробка, заку́порить, затычкаRussian
- utikač, zapušač, čepSerbo-Croatian
- kontakt, elkontakt, stickkontaktSwedish
- plagiSwahili
- fitche, boutchonWalloon
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