plug : Idioms & Phrases

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Fire plug

  • a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. U. S.
  • a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires.
Webster 1913

Fusible plug

  • (Steam Boiler), a piece of easily fusible alloy, placed in one of the sheets and intended to melt and blow off the steam in case of low water.
Webster 1913

Hawse plug

  • (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.
  • . Same as Hawse block (above).
Webster 1913

male plug

  • noun an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
    plug.
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Mud plug

  • a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
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phone plug

  • noun a plug for connecting a telephone
    phone plug.
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Plug and feather

  • . (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Webster 1913

plug away

  • verb work doggedly or persistently
    keep one's shoulder to the wheel; peg away; slog; keep one's nose to the grindstone.
    • She keeps plugging away at her dissertation
  • verb persist in working hard
    plug.
    • Students must plug away at this problem
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Plug centerbit

  • a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
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plug fuse

  • noun a fuse with a thread that screws into a socket
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plug hat

  • noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
    derby; bowler; bowler hat; derby hat.
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plug in

  • verb plug into an outlet
    plug in; connect.
    • Please plug in the toaster!
    • Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight
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plug into

  • verb plug into an outlet
    plug in; connect.
    • Please plug in the toaster!
    • Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight
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Plug rod

  • (Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
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Plug valve

  • (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.
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plug-in

  • noun a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
    circuit card; add-in; board; circuit board; card.
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plug-ugly

  • noun someone who bullies weaker people
    tough guy.
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pull the plug

  • verb prevent from happening or continuing
    • The government pulled the plug on spending
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safety plug

  • . See Fusible plug, under Fusible.
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Scupper plug

  • (Naut.), a plug to stop a scupper. Totten.
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spark plug

  • noun electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
    spark plug; plug.
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sparking plug

  • noun electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
    spark plug; plug.
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telephone plug

  • noun a plug for connecting a telephone
    phone plug.
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wall plug

  • noun receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
    electrical outlet; electric outlet; electric receptacle; outlet; wall socket.
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