Main Entry: ²plug

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): plugged; plug·ging

Date: 1630

transitive verb 1 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 : shoot
3 : to advertise or publicize insistentlyintransitive verb 1 : to become plugged —usually used with up
2 : 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>