| inglese > italiano | |
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| plug | |
| 1. sost. spina | |
| 2. sost. tappo | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| plug | |
| 1. subst. (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. | |
| 2. subst. any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole | |
| Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain. | |
| 3. subst. (US) a flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco | |
| He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw. | |
| 4. subst. (US, slang) a high, tapering silk hat | |
| 5. subst. (US, slang) a worthless horse | |
| That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory! | |
| 6. subst. (construction) a block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails | |
| 7. subst. 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. | |
| 8. subst. (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. | |
| 9. subst. (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. | |
| 10. subst. (horticulture) a small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate | |
| 11. subst. a short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear | |
| 12. subst. (slang) a drug dealer | |
| 13. v. to stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole | |
| He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk. | |
| 14. v. 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. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive, informal) to persist or continue with something | |
| Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution. | |
| 16. v. to shoot a bullet into something with a gun | |
| 17. v. (slang) to have sex with, penetrate sexually | |
| I'd love to plug him. | |
| italiano > inglese | |
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| tappo | |
| 1. subst. A cap, cork, stopper, or plug. | |
| 2. subst. A shorty (A person short in stature). | |
| 3. subst. clog | |
