Main Entry:

²plug

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

plugged; plug·ging

Date:

1630

transitive verb1 a: to stop, make tight, or secure by inserting a plug b: to remedy (a deficiency) as if by inserting a plug <trying to plug the gaps in their understanding>2: to hit with a bullet : shoot3: to advertise or publicize insistentlyintransitive verb1: to become plugged —usually used with up2: to work doggedly and persistently <plugged away at her homework>3: to fire shots

— plug·ger noun

— plug into

1: to connect or become connected to by or as if by means of a plug <the city was plugged into the new highway system>2: to load into as if by means of a plug <plugged the data into a computer>