Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
- stopper
- jade
- nag
- bung
- hack
- dobbin
- electric plug
- (kuvaannollinen)male
- (slangi)ink
- male-to-female
- spark plug
- sparking plug
- stop up
Ääntäminen
US- Tuntematon aksentti:
- IPA: /plʌɡ/
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- (loosely) An electric socket: wall plug.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
- (US, slang) A worthless horse.
- (dated) Any worn-out or useless article.
- (dated, slang) A book that fails to sell.
- (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- (slang) A promotion (act of promoting) of a product (such as a book, film or play) or other thing, concept, etc, for example during an interview or a commercial.
- (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- A growth of protoplasm that closes the pore openings in the cells of certain algae.
- (jewelry) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- (aviation) A standard, modular fuselage component that can be added or removed.
- Ellipsis of fireplug (“fire hydrant”).
Verbi
- (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- (transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.
- (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a bullet.
- (transitive, slang) To have sex with; to penetrate sexually.
- (transitive, slang) To ingest a drug rectally.
Esimerkit
- 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!
- During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.
- 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 attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
- The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.
- Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
- 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...
- I'd love to plug her.
- You need to put the plug in the electric outlet before you can turn on the lamp.
- We need a plug to stop the water from running out of the bathtub.
- You need to plug the leak, and quickly.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | plugged |
| Imperfekti | plugged |
| Partisiipin preesens | plugging |
| Monikko | plugs |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | plugs |