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Word entry · 4 letters

plug

Best crossword clue

"Hole stopper"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /plʌɡ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted glpuStarts with PEnds with G2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Stopper for a hole, electrical connector, or promotion.

Word origin

From Dutch plug, from Middle Dutch plugge (“peg, plug”), from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-West Germanic *plugi. Further origin unknown. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz, but the word seems originally restricted to northern continental West Germanic. Perhaps ultimately from the same source as Dutch plag (“cut-out sod”), itself considered to be from a substrate.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Hole stopper4 letters
02Stopper or promotion4 letters

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