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Definition: Plug |
PlugNoun1. Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly. 2. A wad of something chewable as tobacco. 3. Blatant or sensational promotion. 4. Electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark. 5. An electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection. 6. An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire. 7. An old or over-worked horse. Verb1. Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak". 2. Persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem". 3. Deliver a punch to. 4. Make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "plug" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Plug \Plug\, noun. [Akin to Dutch plug, German pflock, Danish pl["o]k, plug, Swedish plugg; compare to Welsh ploc.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | Conical plug of wood or glass used to close the opening in a cask. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A component with venting ducts for sealing a cell opening. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | A reverse filter of stones, gravels, etc. , placed at the bottom of a well to prevent the sand rising up and being drawn by the water. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A watertight seal in a shaft formed by removing the lining and inserting a concrete dam, or by placing a plug of clay over ordinary debris used to fill the shaft up to the location of the plug b. See:hoisting plug c. A steel cylinder placed inside the annular opening in a coring bit to convert it for use as a noncoring bit. The face of the plug may or may not be provided with serrations, inset diamonds, or other types of cutting edges d. See:block e. See:cartridge f. A cylindrical piece of wood or an expandable metal apparatus placed in a borehole to act as a base into which the drive wedge of a borehole deflection device is driven. g. Small wooden pin driven into a hole in the rock roof of a tunnel. The axis of the tunnel is marked on such plugs by tacks, or by small iron hooks from which a plummet lamp may be suspended for sighting upon h. To plug a well by cementing a block inside casing or capping the well with a metal plate i. Any block installed within casing to prevent movement of fluids j. A steel wedge used in quarrying dimension stone. See:plug-and-feather method k. A vertical, pipelike body of magma that represents the conduit to aformer volcanic vent. CF:neck. (references) |
Occupations | Rubber block marked to indicate hat size. (references) |
Post & Telecom | Device used to make connection with a jack or socket and embodying the male connecting elements. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A plug is:
- a device which is designed to stop a liquid from flowing through a pipe.
- some type of connector that mates with a socket or jack, in particular used with electrical or electronic equipment or appliances
- in the entertainment industry, a type of promotion, usually by mentioning one's product during a show
In electronics, deciding which of two mating connectors is the plug and which the socket is sometimes arbitrary. In general:
There are also hermaphrodite connectors, see electrical connector.
- The male connector is the plug, the female the socket. This may pose a problem if both connectors have some male and female characteristics, for example the XLR3.
- The connector possessing the pins is the plug, the other the socket. This may pose a problem if both connectors have pins, for example the European 3-pin power connector.
- The connector normally mounted on a cable is the plug, and the connector mounted on the equipment is the socket. See DC plug for an example of this usage. This may pose a problem if the usage changes with time.
For the 1990s record producer who goes by Plug, see his alternate performing name, Wagon Christ.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Plug."
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Plug was a British comic which ran for 76 issues from 1977 to 1979. It was based around the Bash Street Kids character Plug. He was accompanied by his dog, Pug, from The Bash Street Pups, and a new character, Chunkee the Monkey, who was Plug's pet monkey. Chunkee the Monkey was ugly and wore the same yellow Plug hat that Plug wore.Other strips in this comic included:
Plug was never a big hit. This may be because: 1. It was too expensive, far more so than it's parent comic. 2. Its humour was less sophisticated that the Beano and was more suited to a preschool/infants-school audience. It's initial readership (inevitably drawn from The Beano) soon tired of its puerile storylines, while younger children (who may have appreciated its jokes more) never discovered it. 3. Although Plug himself was a popular character from the Bash Street Kids, he was no more than a front-page mascot in the comic that bore his name.
- Gnoo Faces - strip about "three screwball Gnoos, trying to break into showbiz!". The judging panel was made up of Mickie Musk - the skunk, Lionel Bear, Arthur Aardvark and Tony Scratch - the tiger.
- Sporting Life - starring Elvis - Plug's little brother, looking at different football team each week. The first ever was Arsenal.
- The Bandshees - Fresh from their successful tour of Mars, honey monster like creatures playing in a band. Readers were invited to send in funny songs that they had written.
- The Games Gang - Meltem John, Bee-Bop, Fuzz, Rocky, Modriel, Magnus Spike and Rollerball - they're game for anything.
- Ava Banana - this character was as strong as an ox, gentle as a lamb. Her trainer was Charlton Veston (cf. Ava Gardiner and Charlton Heston).
- Sea Urchin - an Amphibious boy having underwater adventures with his friend Roger - the flying fish. Main enemy was Silas Sharke - the underwater rotter.
- Digby the Human Mole - very odd looking boy with a large mole like nose, likes digging tunnels and eating.
- First Ada - always willing to practice her first aid on any unsuspecting passer by. Ada also had a St.Bernard dog as her companion.
- Tony Jackpot
- Hugh's Zoo - the adventures of Hugh and his backyard menagerie.
- Antchester United - the adventures of an insect football team.
- Eebagoom and Uncle Albert - the ancient British settlement of Liverpool is invaded by Julius Sneezer [sic] and his Roman legions.
- Lumpy Gibbon - starred Lumpy Gibbon (a huge gibbon), Colonel Podgy Whiner (a hunter), Little Gibbon and Man Eating Tiger Moth.
External link
- [Plug comic (1977-1979)]- a page bPaul Morris
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Plug (comic)."
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Wagon Christ (aka Luke Vibert, Plug) is a Cornish record producer whose work has spanned multiple electronica genres. He began his musical career as a member of the Hate Brothers, only later branching out into his own compositions. Phat Lab Nightmare (1993) and Throbbing Pouch (1995) were his first two albums and cemented his reputation as a notable underground performer. He has continued recording under the name "Wagon Christ", as well as "Plug" and "Luke Vibert", his birth name.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Wagon Christ."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PLUG | English | Photovoltaic Low-cost Utility Generator | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PlugSynonyms: ballyhoo (n), chaw (n), chew (n), cud (n), fire hydrant (n), fireplug (n), hack (n), hoopla (n), hype (n), jade (n), male plug (n), nag (n), quid (n), spark plug (n), sparking plug (n), stopper (n), stopple (n), wad (n), plug away (v), punch (v), secure (v), stop up (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cessation | Intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check-string, pull the plug on. |
Closure | Verb: close, occlude, plug; block up, stop up, fill up, bung up, cork up, button up, stuff up, shut up, dam up; blockade, obstruct; |
Deterioration | Wreck, mere wreck, honeycomb, magni nominis umbra; jade, plug, rackabones, skate; tackey, tacky. |
Impulse | Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug. |
Blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff; squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration; ruade; arietation; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk; carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe. | |
Stopper | Noun: stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, tap; rammer; ram, ramrod; piston; stop-gap; wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | As I told Lady Freeze when I pulled her plug, this is a one woman show (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) So, I want to go somewhere where we know someone who can plug us into the social pipeline (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Bennett Yellin) I've heard enough and I'm asking you to pull the plug. (Alien; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett) Well, if I can weld a good spark plug it'll replace the electrode (MacGyver; writing credit: John Gorrie) Zip that gaping hole of a mouth up, Peggy, before I plug it up with my fist (Desperate Living; writing credit: John Waters) | |
Lyrics | Hey kids, plug into the faithless (Bennie And The Jets; performing artist: Elton John) Wanna cover my eyes and plug my ears (I Can't Watch This; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Tongue Twisters | Spark plug car park. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Right Spark Plug in the Right Place (1945) Spark Plug (1936) East of the Water Plug (1924) The Water Plug (1920) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A CDC scientist wearing a protective suit with helmet and face mask is supplied air via overhead lines that plug into the suit. Credit: CDC. |  | He's wearing a protective suit with helmet and face mask. Air is supplied via overhead lines that plug into the suit. Credit: CDC. |
 | New Spartina alterniflora shoots out of a newly planted plug. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Plug 4 at the south end of Transco Canal. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A plug of eelgrass, Zostera marina, shown just before it is transplanted. Note the u shaped "staple" that is used to secure it to the bottom. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A site restored by the SW Florida Water Management District and planted by the Tampa Bay Wetland High School Nursery Program. The technique used to plant the smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, is to create a hole in the marsh using a dibble bar and insert the plant plug. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Volunteer team work, one student opens a hole to receive the plant and the other places a plant plug. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Plug site 7 looking at the south bank of the existing oil access canal. The white PVC pipe marks one end of the proposed plug. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Locust Bayou between plug site 7 and the existing southeast trending oil access canal. This 6500 linear foot section of Locust Bayou silted up and was dredged out to its natural depth prior to construction of the project's plugs. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A gully plug in a riparian recovery area of Sheldon Refuge. Credit: Unknown. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Plug" by James Stephen Windsor Commentary: "The key here was to make the pins look like buildings. ." | "Golden plug 3" by Hayanto H Commentary: "Im put this golden plug on top a CD." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption |
 | Punch; punching bag; violence; violent; fighting; fight; hit; hitting; bash; belt; biff; blow; bop; box; buffet; clip; clout; cuff; dig; jab; jog; knock; lollop; nudge; one-two; plug; plunk; poke; prod; pummel; rap; shot; slam; slap; slug; slug; smack; sm. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Josh Billings | A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | Trillian? he said. "She's just a kid. Cute, yeah, but temperamental. You know how it is with women. Or perhaps you don't. I assume you don't. If you do I don't want to hear about it. Plug us in." |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He paused to gnaw off a piece of plug. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This test requires insertion of a small soft plug into the opening of the child's ear canal. (references) | |
Most frequently, they represent a hemostatic plug (clot) in the underlying vessel or a false aneurysm. (references) | ||
It's like a little plug. You remove the device when it is time to go to the bathroom and then replace it until it's time to go again. (references) | ||
Business | Wall and partition systems are easily reconfigured with wiring that can plug into any number of static power sources. (references) | |
None of the products covered in this report pay statistic fee. It should be noted that there are controls on electrical equipment that are under the supervision of the Argentine Standards Bureau, IRAM. These regulations are related to the current in use 220 volts, 50 hertz and the type of grounded plug used to connect to the electrical system. (references) | ||
It is expected that these devices will not only provide simple plug and play access to the Internet but may also act as a gateways to facilitate the Internet enabling of other consumer devices in the home. The introduction of ADSL may also boost interest in the deployment of virtual private networks (VPNs) and voice over IP (VoIP) - internet telephony - systems. (references) | ||
Economic History | Kenya | The standard electrical plug is the British three-blade plug. (references) |
Trade | Ireland | Adapters are available to change from one type plug to another. (references) |
Ireland | The electrical plug is the British type with three flat prongs. (references) | |
Travel | Uzbekistan | Electric power requirements are 220 volts and 50 hertz; business travelers bringing electrical appliances from the U.S. should bring converters and plug adapters. (references) |
Ukraine | If traveling with U.S. electrical appliances, a plug adapter is necessary and, most likely, a converter as well (unless the appliance states otherwise). (references) | |
Spain | Most U.S. electrical equipment and appliances need a transformer and plug adapter. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Sally Jessy Raphael | Kind of a base, bottom line, I would guess. And that's not all television, that's the need to be tabloid television, I think. It's either that or a plug your new book and let's have a lot of giggles, or plug your movie or whatever. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Plug" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 59.28% of the time. "Plug" is used about 807 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 59.28% | 478 | 12,429 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 24.75% | 200 | 21,580 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 15.97% | 129 | 28,132 |
| Total | 100.00% | 807 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. | USA | Plug Power Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "plug": adapter plug ♦ banana plug ♦ breather plug ♦ Breech plug ♦ brush gully plug ♦ calling plug ♦ coupler plug ♦ drain relief plug ♦ dry hole plug ♦ Fire plug ♦ free plug ♦ Fuse plug ♦ Fusible plug ♦ Fuze plug ♦ Hawse plug ♦ hearth plug ♦ igniter plug ♦ male plug ♦ molded plug ♦ moulded plug ♦ mud plug ♦ oil drain plug ♦ phone plug ♦ plug adapter ♦ plug along ♦ plug and feather ♦ plug and play ♦ plug and pray ♦ plug away ♦ plug away at ♦ plug board ♦ plug braking ♦ plug centerbit ♦ plug cock ♦ plug cork ♦ plug fuse ♦ plug hat ♦ plug in ♦ plug in unit ♦ plug it away ♦ plug of wax ♦ plug rod ♦ plug socket ♦ plug spanner ♦ plug tabacco ♦ plug tap ♦ plug ugly ♦ plug up ♦ plug valve ♦ plutonic plug ♦ pull the plug ♦ pull the plug on ♦ ringing plug ♦ rotating plug ♦ safety plug ♦ screw plug ♦ screwed plug ♦ scupper plug ♦ small plug ♦ sock plug ♦ socket outlet and plug ♦ spark plug ♦ spark plug wire ♦ sparking plug ♦ switch plug ♦ telephone plug ♦ threaded plug ♦ Universal Plug and Play ♦ wall plug ♦ wooden plug. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "plug": plug-and-play, plug-and-pray, plug-chain, plug-compatibility, plug-compatible, plug-compatibles, plug-connection, plug-drawing, plug-flush, plug-fouling, plug-hole, plug-in, plug-in-and-go, plug-in-and-play, plug-ins, plug-like, plug-on, plug-plant, plug-planted, plug-pulling, plug-switch, plug-type, plug-ugly. | |
Ending with "plug": din-plug, ear-plug, finger-plug, fire-plug, glow-plug, jack-plug, spark-plug, suction-plug, vent-plug, wall-plug. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
plug | 1,471 | plug play | 121 |
butt plug | 1,024 | flash plug in | 107 |
spark plug | 889 | mustard plug | 97 |
beatnik in plug | 844 | autolite spark plug | 93 |
champion spark plug | 568 | glow plug | 86 |
ear plug | 476 | denso spark plug | 81 |
plug in | 391 | cap plug | 79 |
ngk spark plug | 387 | banana plug | 76 |
java plug in | 372 | anal plug | 74 |
mucus plug | 321 | codec in mpeg2 nero plug | 72 |
plug ins | 316 | body jewelry plug | 68 |
accessed blocked content content due filtering in outpost please plug see undesirable | 276 | plastic plug | 67 |
plug and adapter | 269 | plug in for win amp | 67 |
bosch spark plug | 234 | photo shop plug in | 61 |
mucous plug | 169 | shock wave plug in | 59 |
spark plug wire | 163 | plug electrical | 58 |
cross reference spark plug | 153 | real player plug in | 55 |
photo shop plug ins | 143 | iridium spark plug | 54 |
spark plug gap | 140 | plug valve | 52 |
plug power | 138 | plug in tv | 51 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "plug"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | prizë (nozzle, outlet, plug in, point, receptacle, socket, switch plug), tapë (Bibb, bung, bunghole, Cork, Corky, float, gag, obturator, pickled, rabbit, spigot, stopper, stopple, tap, wad), shtupë (sponge, stopgap, stopper, stupe, swab, swob, tow, wad, washcloth, wiper), reklamë (ad, advertisement, circular, commercial, commercial break, dodger, headline, poster, prospectus, publicity, reclame, show card), kandele (spark plug, sparking plug), kalë i keq, hidrant (fire-plug), fishë (file, index card, slug). (various references) | |
Arabic | سد منفذالمياه, أصاب بطلق ناري, صفع (clap, crack, slap, smack, thwack), ضرب بجمع الكف (fist), ضربة (bang, beating, belt, biff, blow, bob, bump, chap, clout, hurt, inflexion, infliction, lash, pelt, pulse, shot, smack, sock, strike, stroke, tank, thrust, wipe), طرحه ارضا, عمل بجد (plod), دعاية تجارية, سد بالحشو, فيشة, سدادة (bung, gland, infarct, logjam, peg, spigot, spile, stop, stopper), وصل جهاز كهربائي, قرص تبغ مضغوط, قابس كهرباء, قفل (block out, close, confine, enclose, fastener, inclose, latch, lock, obstruct, padlock, pen, shut, shut down, shut out, shutter, turn off), مضغة تبغ, فتحة برميل (tap), سد (bar, barrage, block, bung, clog, close, close up, congest, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, fill, floodgate, foul, lock, mure, obturate, obturation, occlude, occlusion, pack, seal, shut, stem, stop, stop up, stuff, tamp, wad, weir). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | благоприятен отзив, пломба (filling, lead, seal, stamp, stopping), застрелвам (blast, pot, shoot, shoot down, shoot up), затулвам, запушвам (bung, close, obstruct, obturate, occlude, plug up, stop, stop up, stopper, stopple, stuff, wad, wall up), запушалка (choke, obturator, peg, spile, stopper, tampion, tap, wad), автомат с ръчка, нещо износено, болт (bolt, clincher, gudgeon), нещо негодно (junker), пробка (stopgap), пресован тютюн за дъвчене, примамка за въдица, постоянствувам (persevere, persist, plug away at), пожарен кран (fire-cock, fireplug), популяризирам (familiarize, popularize, promote, sell), бомбе (bowler, bowler hat, pot-hat), щифт (axle pin, dowel, locking-finger, nog, peg, pin, pintle, splint, sprig, toggle), удрям с юмрук (fist, punch), удар с юмрук (cuff, poke, punch), удар с куршум, свещ (candle, point, spark plug, sparking plug), слаб кон, рекламирам настойчиво, мършав кон, щепсел (peg), упорствувам (hang in, persevere, persist, press ahead with), чеп (bung, burr, fauces, knag, knar, knot, knur, knurl, nodule, Nodus, nub, peg, spigot, spile, tap, toggle), цилиндър (beaver, chimney-pot hat, cylinder, drum, silk hat, sleeve, stovepipe hat, tile, top hat, topper), търговска реклама (pitch), тапа (faucet, peg, spile, stopper, stopple), кранта (aver, crock, hack, jade, nag, rip, scalawag, scallywag, screw, skate), контакт (contact, point, touch), щекер. (various references) | |
Catalan | bugia (spark plug). (various references) | |
Chinese | 插座, 板煙 , 栓 (bottle stopper, wooden pin). (various references) | |
Czech | zazátkovat (bung, Cork), zátka (bung, Cork, stopper, tap), zástrèka (bolt, turn-buckle), udeřit pìstí, ucpat kolíkem, ucpávka, svíèka (candle, sparking plug, zoom), střílet (fire, shoot), splachovadlo, reklama (ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, commercial, publicity), kolík (baton, dossil, peg, pin, pivot), èípek (cervix, pin, suppositious, suppository, uvula). (various references) | |
Danish | tændrør (spark plug), stik (electric plug, stopper). (various references) | |
Dutch | stop (electric plug, patch, stop, stopper), plug (electric plug, stopper), ontstekingsbuis (spark plug), bougie (spark plug). (various references) | |
Esperanto | tampono (tampon), sparkilo (spark plug), ŝtopilo (electric plug, stopper). (various references) | |
Faeroese | tøppur (cork, electric plug, faucet, stopper, tap). (various references) | |
Farsi | قاچ کردن , قاچ , قاش (Slice, Sliver), تیرزدن , توپی (Spigot, Spile, Stopper), سوراخ گیره , سربطری (Stopper), سر (Acme, Apex, Cabal, Chief, Corona, End, Extremity, Mystery, Pash, Pate, Point, Ruler, Secret, Thought, Top, Vertex), دوشاخه کلیداتصال , درچیزی راگرفتن , در (About, At, Door, For, Pearl, Pylon, To, Valve, Wicket), بستن (Assess, Attach, Bang, Bar, Belt, Bind, Bloc, Block, Blockade, Choke, Clasp, Coagulate, Congeal, Cork, Curdle, Gird, Hasp, Impute, Jam, Jell, Knit, Obturate, Padlock, Pen, Picket, Seal, Shut, Steek, Tighten, Truss, Wattle), برق وصل کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | tulppa (bung, stopper). (various references) | |
French | bouchon (electric plug), tampon (pledget), fiche, carotte, brancher, bougie (spark plug), bonde (cellar plug, cellar plug(California)). (various references) | |
Frisian | bûzjy (spark plug). (various references) | |
German | Stecker (connector, connectors, jack, male, male plug), Stöpsel (Cork, electric plug, Jack, little fellow, peg, pegs, stopper), Spund (bung, electric plug, spigot, stopper), Pfropfen (block, blockage, bung, clog, clot, cork, cram, electric plug, graft, pack, plug up, stop up, stop(per), stopper, wad), Stopfen (be filling, block, bolt down one's food, bundle, clog, constipate, Cork, cram, darn, darning, fill, jam, jam in, mend, mute, pack, plug up, ram, stop, stop up, stopper, stuff, stuff oneself, to darn, wad), Kerze (candela, candle, candlepower, shoulder-stand, skyer, spark plug, thyrsus), einschalten (bring in, bring into, call in, cut in, enable, energize, include, inset, intercalate, interpolate, power up, put on, switch on, to enable, to energize, to interpolate, to switch on, tune in to, turn on), Anschlussstecker (connector socket). (various references) | |
Greek | βύσμα (stopper), πώμα (bung, cap, lid, stopper). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מגופה (lid stopper, plug cork, spigot, stopper), מסתם (caulker, stopper), לפקוק (bung, gag, wad), לסתום (choke, clog, close up, conceal, shut, stop, stop up, wad), תקע, תעמולה מסחרית, פקק (bung, gag, logjam, peg, spigot, stopper, tap), פרסומת ברדיו. (various references) | |
Hungarian | konnektor (current outlet, outlet, point, power outlet, socket), dugó (bung, cork, peg, spill, stopper, stopple, stud, tap), villásdugó, tűzcsap (fire hydrant, hydrant), préselt dohánytömb, hirdetésszöveg, gebe (bag of bones, crock, jade, nag, runt, skin), csatlakozódugasz, bagó (chew, chewing tobacco, fag, negro head, peanuts, quid). (various references) | |
Indonesian | steker, membunuh (assassinate, butcher, delete, erase, kill, murder, put out, slay), membanting-tulang (drudge, plod, scrabble), busi (sparkplug). (various references) | |
Irish | ceangail (connect, connect up, plug in, tie), cónaisc (connect, connect up, plug in). (various references) | |
Italian | tappo (bung, cap, Cork, stopper, top), spina (bone, fishbone, jack, jumper, male, male connector, prick, prickle, spine, tap, thorn), candela (candela, candle, candlepower, spark, spark plug). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | プッシュプル増幅器 (placard, plaza, plug compatible, plywood, PO, practical, practice, pragmatism, Prague, Pravda, price, price leadership, pride, primal, primary, primary care, primary health care, prime rate, prime time, priori, priority, privacy, private, private brand, private offering, private room, prize money, Puccini, pudding, push lock, push-button phone, pushing, push-pull amplifier, put), 充塞 (being filled, full up, stopped up), 充填 (fill, filling, loading, replenish), 差し込み (convulsions, griping pain, insertion, outlet, power point, spasm of pain, stitch). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | プラグ , さしこみ (convulsions, griping pain, insertion, outlet, power point, spasm of pain, stitch), じゅうそく (being filled, full up, stopped up, sufficiency), じゅうてん (colon, emphasis, fill, filling, important point, lay stress on, loading, replenish). (various references) | |
Korean | 마개. (various references) | |
Manx | stoppane, plug, dhull (bung, drain plug, hole, peg). (various references) | |
Norwegian | tennplugg (spark plug). (various references) | |
Papiamen | sparplùk (spark plug). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ugplay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tampão (cap, disc, disk, dossil, stop, stopgap, stopper, tampion, tampon, turntable), tampa (cork, cover, dust-cover, envelope, hood, lid, stopgap, stopper, tampion), plugue, ficha (counter, filing card, poker chip, record, slip, token), bucha (bush, padding, sleeve, stopgap, stopper, tampion, wad). (various references) | |
Romanian | prizã (pinch, socket), plombã (filling, lead, stopping), panã (arrow, break down, chock, cleat, cotter, failure, feather, Gib, injury, jaw, peg, pen, pick, pinion, plume, puncture, quill, quill pen, Spike, wedge), lansa (circulate, dash, deliver, deploy, discharge, drop, fling, float, hurl, initiate, launch, project, release, send, set off, shoot, start, throw), atinge (achieve, attain, compass, concern, contact, feel, gain, hit, hurt, jog, reach, swat, top, touch, trouble, win), bãga un glonţ în, bujie, carte care un are cãutare, duşcã (drain, draught, drink, drop, gulp, sip, snack, swallow, thimbleful), face un dop în, gãuri pielea, astupa (bar, block, bung, clog, close, fill, obstruct, occlude, stop, stopper), gurã (aperture, armful, Buss, chops, entrance, gab, gossip, influx, issue, jaw, kisser, lip, lips, mouth, mouthful, muzzle, orifice, pestering, row, scolding, sip, speech, spout, squabble, vent), vârî un ic în, lovi cu pumnu, scatoalcã, tampon (buffer, cushion, pad, plugging, tampon, wad, Wick), toci (benumb, blunt, con, cram, cram up, dull, fret, grind, hack, mug, rebate, take the edge off, wear), tutun presat, gloabã (crock, hack, jade, nag, rip, skin). (various references) | |
Russian | свеча автомобильная, штепсель (peg, switch plug, switch-plug), кран (bibb, bibcock, bib-cock, crane, spigot, tap, water tap, water-tap), затычка (bung, gag, obturator, pad, peg, stopgap, stopper, stopple, tampion), затвор (bibb, bolt, breech-block, gate, hatch, paddle, penstock, seal, shutter, water gate), запальная свеча (spark plug, sparking plug, sparking-plug), прессованный табак, подключать разъем. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pucati (fire, plop, shoot), pogoditi (affect, hit, nail, score), zapušiti (block, clog, congest, gag, jam, obturate, occlude, stop, stop up, stopple), zapušač (bung, cork, corker, stopper, stopple, tap), začepiti (block, clog, cork, gag, obturate, occlude, tamp), utikač (jack), utaknuti (put in), uključiti (actuate, comprise, enter, include, join, plug in, turn on), reklamirati (advertise, advertize, promote, push, tout), reklama (ad, advertisement, reclame), raditi bez prekida (plug away at), komad duvana, čep (bung, cork, spigot, spile, stopple, tampion, tampon, wad). (various references) | |
Spanish | tapón (cap, capful, cover, stopper, stopple, tampion, tampon, wad, wadding), clavija (bolt, dowel, peg, pin), bujía (spark plug, sparking plug, taper), tampón (inkpad, pad, tampon). (various references) | |
Swedish | propp (Bibb, bung, cutout, fuse, obturator, spigot, stopper, stopple), plugg (peg, spud, swot, tap), tapp (dowel, faucet, flock, peg, pintle, spigot, tap, tenon, wisp), tändstift (spark plug, sparking plug, spark-plug), plomb (filling, seal). (various references) | |
Turkish | priz (Jack, outlet, plug socket, power outlet, power point, receptacle, socket, switch plug, wall plug), sifon kolu, ateş etmek (bear on, bear upon, discharge, gun, let fly, let fly at smb., loose, loose off, pop, shoot, shoot off, take a pop at), buji (spark plug, sparking plug), dolgu (core, fillet, filling, inlay, stopping, stuffing, wadding), dolgu yapmak (fill, stop, stop a tooth), fiş (check, chip, counter, filing card, jetton, outlet, police record, receipt, sales slip, ticket, voucher), harıl harıl çalışmak (beaver away, dig, hum, hum with activity, plug away, plug away at, work like a beaver), reklâm (ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, ballyhoo, build up, canvassing, commercial, promo, promotion, promotional, publicity, spot), reklâmını yapmak (advertise, advertize, boost, publicize, splash), çiğneme tütünü (chewing tabacco, pigtail, plug tabacco, quid), satılmayan mal (drug in the market, drug on the market, shelfwarmer), yumruk atmak (box, deal a blow at smb., deal smb. a blow, dot smb. one, fist, hit, hit out, paste, paste smb. one, punch, soak, thump), silindir şapka (chimney hat, high hat, plug hat, silk hat, stovepipe, stovepipe hat, tall hat, tile, top hat, topper), tıkaç (bung, Cork, filler, gag, packing, spigot, spill, stopper, stopple, tampon, wad, wadding), tıkamak (block, block up, bung, bung up, choke, choke up, clog, congest, engorge, foul, foul up, glut, hold, jam, obliterate, obstruct, obturate, occlude, plug up, seal off, Spike, spile, stop, stop up, stopple, stuff, tampon, wad), tıpa (bung, Cork, stopper, stopple, tampon, wad), tıpalamak (bung, Cork, plug up, put on a stopper), vurmak (bang, bat, beat, beat down, bruise, bust, catapult, catch, chime, clap, clip, clout, dash, deal, grass, gun, hit, impinge, inflict, kayo, knock, land, lay out, lay to, Lodge, Mall, nail, pack, percuss, pip, plant, plonk, plunk, pound, prick, pummel, punch, putt, ram, shoot, shoot off, slog, smash, sock, strike, stroke, stub, swat, swinge, switch, whack, zap), vuruş (bat, battery, batting, beat, beating, chop, crack, crusher, cut, hack, hit, impact, knock, pulse, scoop, shoot, shot, sock, strike, stroke, swat, thwack, whack, wipe), yaşlı at (crock), yangın musluğu (fireplug, hydrant), yumruk (biff, blow, box, buffet, fist, jab, punch, thump), sahte para (base coin, counterfeit coin, queer, stiff, stumer). (various references) | |
Turkmen | юtepsel (r) (jack). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | штепсель (switchplug), кран (tap), затикати (bung, caulk, fill, obturate, stop up, wad), пробка (hold up, logjam, obturator, stopper, stopping, stopple, tap), пломбувати (stuff), пломба (stamp, stopping). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thuốc lá bánh (cavendish), ngựa xấu. (various references) | |
Welsh | topyn (stopper), topio (stop up). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle Dutch | 1100-1500 | plugge. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | tampon. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "plug": plugged, plugger, pluggers, plugging, plugless, plugola, plugolas, plugs, pluguglies, plugugly. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "plug": earplug, fireplug, sparkplug, unplug. (additional references) | |
Words containing "plug": earplugs, fireplugs, sparkplugged, sparkplugging, sparkplugs, unplugged, unplugging, unplugs. (additional references) | |
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"Plug" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blug, glug, lpg, phlog, phug, plag, plagy, plaig, pleg, plega, plig, plog, plogh, plougj, Plru, plu, plubg, plud, plue, pluge, pluh, plun, plung, plup, plur, plut, pluv, pmug, Pougy, pulge, pulv, Ulug. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "plug" (pronounced plu"g) |
| 4 | p l u" g | unplug. |
| 3 | -l u" g | lug, slug. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
