Word Image
plural: plugs
Part Of Speech
noun, verb
Word Meaning
noun: a piece used to close or fill a hole, a stopper; a flat cake of tightly pressed tobacco leaves; a device usually on a cord used to make an electrical connection by putting it into another part (as a socket); a piece of favorable publicity
verb: to stop, make tight, or secure with or as if with a plug; to hit with a bullet; to advertise or publicize over and over; to become plugged; to keep steadily at work or in action
Word Family
plugged
plugging
plugger
unplug
earplug
fireplug
sparkplug
Sentences
We were able to plug the hole with cement.
A radio DJ has been plugging this band’s new album.
After running out of money, we had to pull the plug on that project.
Selma plugged away at her homework.
The shooter plugged him right in the chest.
Please plug in the vacuum cleaner for me.
Remember to unplug the iron when you’re finished.
The laundry sink has a rubber plug to stop the drain.
May I plug my phone charger in here?
She wore earplugs to have quiet time to study.
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