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Synonyms & Antonyms of plugged
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in closed, blocked
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for plugged
- impassable
- (also impassible)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for plugged
plugged
verb
past tense of plug
Synonyms & Antonyms of plugged (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to close up so that no empty spaces remain
- plugged the hole in the wall with putty
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2
to devote serious and sustained effort
- plugged away at solving the math problem
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Phrases Synonymous with plugged
- sweat blood
- (or sweated blood)
Near Antonyms for plugged
- bummed,
- chilled,
- dallied,
- dillydallied,
- footled,
- goldbricked,
- goofed (off),
- hacked (around),
- hung (around or out)
- (also hanged (around or out)),
- idled,
- lazed,
- loafed,
- lounged,
- shirked,
- slacked (off),
- vegged out
- dabbled,
- doodled,
- fooled around,
- fribbled,
- goofed (around),
- hung
- (also hanged),
- hung about
- [British],
- messed around,
- monkeyed (around),
- played,
- pottered (around),
- puttered (around),
- trifled
3
to provide publicity for
- the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie
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- advertised,
- barked,
- merchandised
- (also merchandized),
- sold
- endorsed
- (also indorsed),
- plumped (for),
- plunked (for)
- or plonked (for)
- announced,
- broadcast
- (also broadcasted),
- published
Phrases Synonymous with plugged
4
to strike with a missile from a gun
- the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk
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Words Related to plugged
- pistoled
- (or pistolled),
- shotgunned
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The first known use of plugged was in 1694
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