Plugged

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plug \Plug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plugged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Plugging}.]
     To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To briefly publicize or advertise, especially during a


        public event not specifically intended for advertising
        purposes; as, during the interview he plugged his new
        book.
  
     Syn: put in a plug for.
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plug
       n 1: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole
            tightly [syn: {stopper}, {stopple}]
       2: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: {chew}, {chaw},
           {cud}, {quid}, {wad}]
       3: blatant or sensational promotion [syn: {ballyhoo}, {hoopla},
           {hype}]
       4: electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an
          internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of
          an electric spark [syn: {spark plug}, {sparking plug}]
       5: an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted
          in a socket to make an electrical connection [syn: {male
          plug}]
       6: an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a
          fire [syn: {fireplug}, {fire hydrant}]
       7: an old or over-worked horse [syn: {hack}, {jade}, {nag}]
       v 1: fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the
            hole"; "stop up the leak" [syn: {stop up}, {secure}]
       2: persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this
          problem" [syn: {plug away}]
       3: deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"
          [syn: {punch}]
       4: make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or
          promote
       [also: {plugging}, {plugged}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plugged
       adj 1: (of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal
       2: completely obstructed or closed off; "the storm was
          responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"; "the
          drain was plugged" [syn: {blocked}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plugged
       See {plug}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "plugged":
     blocked, bound, choked, choked up, clogged, clogged up, congested,
     constipated, costive, foul, fouled, full, infarcted, jammed,
     obstipated, obstructed, packed, plugged up, stopped, stopped up,
     stuffed, stuffed up