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Plugged   /pləgd/   Listen
Plugged

adjective
1.
(of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal.
2.
Completely obstructed or closed off.  Synonym: blocked.  "The drain was plugged"


Plug

verb
(past & past part. plugged; pres. part. plugging)
1.
Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug.  Synonyms: secure, stop up.  "Stop up the leak"
2.
Persist in working hard.  Synonym: plug away.
3.
Deliver a quick blow to.  Synonym: punch.
4.
Make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote.
5.
Insert a plug into.
6.
Insert as a plug.



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"Plugged" Quotes from Famous Books



... broadsides; but at this distance we may cripple her and prevent her escaping." The nearest English frigate was by this time about three miles astern of us. Already the Frenchman had cut up our rigging a good deal, and at length one of her shots struck our bow between wind and water. It was quickly plugged, and we continued at some distance firing away, our shot every now and then striking the enemy, but what damage we had done we could not ascertain. The leading frigate was a very fast one, and was now rapidly coming up. We, I confess, were anxiously ...
— Ben Burton - Born and Bred at Sea • W. H. G. Kingston
... be carefully washed in hot, soapy water, then rinsed in clear, hot water. They should then be sterilized by boiling in water for twenty minutes, after which they may be placed in boric acid solution (1 tsp. to 1 qt. water), or the bottles may be emptied and plugged with sterilized absorbent cotton until ...
— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management • Ministry of Education
... to make sluice-boxes and clean up the dirt. We've got to work like men at a burning barn. We've worked hard, but we've got to go some yet. For my part, I'm willing to do stunts that will make my previous record look like a plugged dime. I guess you boys all ...
— The Trail of '98 - A Northland Romance • Robert W. Service
... "That's all we know about it ourselves. We hear a paddle splash in the water; we go out to see what's doing, and we get a chunk of lead plugged at us. That's the answer so far as I know. ...
— Boy Scouts in Northern Wilds • Archibald Lee Fletcher
... and have the joints a tight fit. The corners should be cut out for the posts as shown. The posts are to be fastened to the board by means of screws. The holes can be counterbored for the heads and then plugged. The top rails are also fastened to the top board by ...
— Mission Furniture - How to Make It, Part 3 • H. H. Windsor


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