Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to plug away
Participle: plugged away
Gerund: plugging away
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | plug away |
| you | plug away |
| he;she;it | plugs away |
| we | plug away |
| you | plug away |
| they | plug away |
Perfect
| I | have plugged away |
| you | have plugged away |
| he;she;it | has plugged away |
| we | have plugged away |
| you | have plugged away |
| they | have plugged away |
Past
| I | plugged away |
| you | plugged away |
| he;she;it | plugged away |
| we | plugged away |
| you | plugged away |
| they | plugged away |
Pluperfect
| I | had plugged away |
| you | had plugged away |
| he;she;it | had plugged away |
| we | had plugged away |
| you | had plugged away |
| they | had plugged away |
Future
| I | will plug away |
| you | will plug away |
| he;she;it | will plug away |
| we | will plug away |
| you | will plug away |
| they | will plug away |
Future Perfect
| I | will have plugged away |
| you | will have plugged away |
| he;she;it | will have plugged away |
| we | will have plugged away |
| you | will have plugged away |
| they | will have plugged away |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | plug away |
| you | plug away |
| he;she;it | plug away |
| we | plug away |
| you | plug away |
| they | plug away |
Perfect
| I | have plugged away |
| you | have plugged away |
| he;she;it | have plugged away |
| we | have plugged away |
| you | have plugged away |
| they | have plugged away |
Imperfect
| I | plugged away |
| you | plugged away |
| he;she;it | plugged away |
| we | plugged away |
| you | plugged away |
| they | plugged away |
Pluperfect
| I | had plugged away |
| you | had plugged away |
| he;she;it | had plugged away |
| we | had plugged away |
| you | had plugged away |
| they | had plugged away |
Conditional
Present
| I | would plug away |
| you | would plug away |
| he;she;it | would plug away |
| we | would plug away |
| you | would plug away |
| they | would plug away |
Perfect
| I | would have plugged away |
| you | would have plugged away |
| he;she;it | would have plugged away |
| we | would have plugged away |
| you | would have plugged away |
| they | would have plugged away |
Imperative
| you | plug away |
| we | Let's plug away |
| you | plug away |
Verbs conjugated like 'plug'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'plug'
glug,
lug,
plum,
pug,
slug,
alum,
blag,
bleg,
blog,
blub,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- have sex with
- diddle, hit, plough, rock, shelve, slay, copulate with
- persist
- stick, persevere
- To persist or continue with something.
- persevere
- stop
- block, stuff, close, obstruct, clog, choke, fill, cork
- promote
- publicize, advertise, sell, mention, boost
Antonyms
- stop
- start, initiate, open, proceed
- promote
- degrade, debase, demoralize, discredit
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1627, originally a seamen's term, probably from Du. plug, from M.Du. plugge "bung, stopper," related to Norw. plugg, Dan. pløg, M.L.G. pluck, Ger. pflock, ultimate origin uncertain. Sense of "wad or stick of tobacco" is attested from 1728. Electrical sense is from 1883; meaning "sparking device in an internal combustion engine" is from 1886. The verb meaning "to close tightly (a hole), to fill" is first recorded 1630. Meaning "advertisement" first recorded 1902, perhaps from verb sense "work energetically at" (c.1865). The noun sense of "advertisement" is from 1902, Amer.Eng. The verb meaning "to popularize by repetition" is from 1906. Slang verb sense "to put a bullet into" is recorded from 1870. Plug-ugly "ruffian" is first attested 1856, originally in Baltimore, from plug, Amer.Eng. slang for the stovepipe hats then popular among young men.
2. 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.
3. Compare German Low German Plüg, Norwegian plug (“peg, wedge”, probably borrowed from Middle Low German), German Pflock (“peg”, restricted to Central German and phonetically divergent). Possibly akin to Lithuanian plúkti (“to strike, hew”).
Sample Sentences
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He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
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The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.
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Kennedy went on nationwide speaking tour to plug environmental conservation.
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He [Mike Skinner] treats the gig as an opportunity repeatedly to plug the after-party, where he will be DJing. [2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019:]
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Near-synonym: plug away
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Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.
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1884, H. Rider Haggard, The Witch's Head
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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...
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Near-synonyms: peg, rail
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I’d love to plug him with my strap-on.