Plug

//plʌɡ//

"Plug" in a Sentence (33 examples)

Let's plug up the hole.

Did you know that if you plug a pickle into an electrical outlet, it glows and makes buzzing noises?

Thanks to biofuel cells, one will soon be able to power one's mobile phone, MP3 player or Laptop without power plug but just sugar and water.

Disconnect the plug.

Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug.

A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other.

A grounding-type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong.

If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

Service is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, this apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

Do not touch the plug of the AC power cord with wet hands.

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

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

He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.

That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!

Stack all new and fresh, composed of the fast-selling standard books only — no old plugs or unsalable books whatever.

Many New York booksellers promoted the impression that Quaritch had sent only 'plugs' (i.e. unsaleable books).

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.

Department store decorations up before Thanksgiving, Christmas cards all over the place, TV full of plugs for fifty-dollar toys that inner-city kids watching can never expect to receive, parents spending what they can't afford and deluging their kids with the annual orgy of materialist values […]

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

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

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 […]

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.

I changed the plugs and the coil packs.

He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.

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.

He [Mike Skinner] treats the gig as an opportunity repeatedly to plug the after-party, where he will be DJing.

Near-synonym: plug away

Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.

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...

Near-synonyms: peg, rail

I’d love to plug him with my strap-on.

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