Lugged vs Plugged - What's the difference?
lugged | plugged |
(lug)
The act of hauling or dragging.
That which is hauled or dragged.
Anything that moves slowly.
A lug nut.
(electricity) A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.
A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support.
A fool, a large man.
(UK) An ear or ear lobe.
A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables.
(slang) A request for money, as for political purposes.
(UK, dialect) A rod or pole.
(UK, dialect) A measure of length equal to 16½ feet.
* Spenser
(nautical) A lugsail.
(harness) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
A lugworm.
To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry.
* Collier
To run at too slow a speed.
(nautical) To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing.
(plug)
(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
(US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
(US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
(US, slang) A worthless horse.
(construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.
(geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
(horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
(informal) To persist or continue with something.
To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
* 1884,
(slang) to have sex with, penetrate sexually.
As verbs the difference between lugged and plugged
is that lugged is past tense of lug while plugged is past tense of plug.lugged
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Verb
(head)lug
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Noun
(en noun)- a hard lug
- The pack is a heavy lug .
- (Ascham)
- They put the lug on him at the courthouse.
- (Wright)
- Eight lugs of ground.
Derived terms
* (lug nut) lug nut * (large man) big lug * (protruding support) launch lugVerb
- Why do you always lug around so many books?
- They must divide the image among them, and so lug off every one his share.
- When driving up a hill, choose a lower gear so you don't lug the engine.
Derived terms
* luggageReferences
* * * * ----plugged
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*plug
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(wikipedia plug)Noun
(en noun)- I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.
- Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.
- He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.
- That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
- During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.
- Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash.
- The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper.
Synonyms
* (hole filler) bung, stopper * (worthless horse) dobbin, hack, jade, nagDerived terms
* butt-plug * breech plug * bridge plug * fire plug * glow plug * hawse plug * plugboard * plug and feather * plug centerbit * plug rod * plug valve * spark plugCoordinate terms
* (worthless horse) bum (racing )Verb
(plugg)- He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
- The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.
- Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
- I am awfully glad that you kept your nerve and plugged him; it would have been better if you could have nailed him through the right shoulder, which would not have killed him...
- I'd love to plug her.