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pin | plug |

As a noun plug is

(electricity) a pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.

As a verb plug is

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

pin

English

(wikipedia pin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small device, made (usually) of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
  • * Milton
    • With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.
  • A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
  • A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
    • Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.
  • A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
  • (in plural'' pins ; ''informal ) A leg.
    • I'm not so good on my pins these days.
  • (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
    • The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins .
  • A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
  • (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
  • (chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack.
  • (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
    • The shot landed right on the pin .
  • * Shakespeare
    • the very pin of his heart cleft
  • (dated) A mood, a state of being.
  • * Cowper
    • a merry pin
  • One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
  • (medicine, obsolete) caligo
    • (Shakespeare)
  • A thing of small value; a trifle.
  • * Spectator
    • He did not care a pin for her.
  • A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
  • (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
  • The tenon of a dovetail joint.

    • Synonyms

    * (small nail) nail, tack * (cylinder of wood or metal) peg * (games) skittle * (jewellery fastened with a pin) brooch * (accessory) badge

    Hyponyms

    * (jewellery fastened with a pin) breastpin * (chess) absolute pin, relative pin, partial pin

    Derived terms

    * belaying pin * breastpin * clothespin / clothes pin * drawing pin * gudgeon pin * on a pin * on pins and needles * pincushion * pinhead * pinhole * pin money * pinner * pinprick * pins and needles * pintle * pin-up, pinup * rolling pin * safety pin

    See also

    * needle

    Verb

  • (often followed by a preposition such as'' to''' ''or'' ' on ) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
  • (chess, usually, in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
  • (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
  • To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
  • (computing, GUI) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
    • to pin a window to the Taskbar

    • Derived terms

    * pin down * pin in * pin on * pin the tail on the donkey * pin up * underpin

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words 1000 English basic words ----

    plug

    English

    (wikipedia plug)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.
    • I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again.
  • Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
    • Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain.
  • (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
    • He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw.
  • (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
  • (US, slang) A worthless horse.
    • That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
  • (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.
    • During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel.
  • (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
    • Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash.
  • (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
    • The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper.
  • (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.

    • Synonyms

    * (hole filler) bung, stopper * (worthless horse) dobbin, hack, jade, nag

    Derived terms

    * butt-plug * breech plug * bridge plug * fire plug * glow plug * hawse plug * plugboard * plug and feather * plug centerbit * plug rod * plug valve * spark plug

    Coordinate terms

    * (worthless horse) bum (racing )

    Verb

    (plugg)
  • To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
    • He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
  • To 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.
  • (informal) To persist or continue with something.
    • Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
  • To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
  • * 1884,
    • 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...
  • (slang) to have sex with, penetrate sexually.
    • I'd love to plug her.

    Related terms

    * plug in * unplug

    Anagrams

    * gulp ----