Plugging

verb

/ˈplʌɡɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.verbTo stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

"He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk."

2.verbTo blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.

"The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome."

3.verbTo persist or continue with something.

"Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution."

4.verbTo shoot a bullet into something with a gun.

5.verbTo have sex with, penetrate sexually.

"I'd love to plug him."

6.nounThe act of stopping with a plug.

7.nounThe material of which a plug or stopper is made.

8.nounAn arrangement of plugs.

"We tried a few different pluggings."

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