"plugged" in the verb sense

1. plug, stop up, secure

fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

"plug the hole"

"stop up the leak"

2. plug, plug away

persist in working hard

"Students must plug away at this problem"

3. punch, plug

deliver a quick blow to

"he punched me in the stomach"

4. plug

make a plug for praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

5. plug

replace the center of a coin with a baser metal

"plug a nickle"

6. plug

insert a plug into

"plug the wall"

7. plug

insert as a plug

"She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"

"plugged" in the adjective sense

1. plugged

of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal

2. blocked, plugged

completely obstructed or closed off

"the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"

"the drain was plugged"

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