plug
A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
Example
“I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.”
Other meanings
An electric socket: wall plug.
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
“Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.”
Synonyms
- stopper
Related words
- anal plug
- banana plug
- bathplug
- breech plug
- bridge plug
- butt-plug
- butt plug
- carom plug
- chair plug
- core plug
- door plug
- drain plug
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle Dutch "plugge" (peg, plug).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “plug” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.