n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: plugged ; plug · ging
Date: 1630
transitive verb
1 a : to stop, make tight, or secure by inserting a plug b : to remedy (a deficiency) as if by inserting a plug <trying to plug the gaps in their understanding>
2 : to hit with a bullet : SHOOT
3 : to advertise or publicize insistently
intransitive verb
1 : to become plugged ― usually used with up
2 : to work doggedly and persistently < plugged away at her homework>
3 : to fire shots
– plug · ger noun
– plug into
1 : to connect or become connected to by or as if by means of a plug <the city was plugged into the new highway system>
2 : to load into as if by means of a plug < plugged the data into a computer>