Plug In

Definition: Plug In

Plug In

Verb

1. Plug into an outlet, as of electrical appliances; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Plug In

Crosswords: Plug In

I just don't see inserting a plug in your head being consistent with that ideology (The Newsroom; writing credit: Ken Finkleman)

The Right Spark Plug in the Right Place (1945)

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Periodicals

• U Plug In Video Game Magazine (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

High Tech

• Film Grain Intel Plug In for Lightwave Intel (reference)

• Motion Pack for Intel Plug In for Lightwave 5.0/5.5 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Angelo Brothers 76085 Plug In Wireless Chime Kit (reference)

• Leviton 835-699 Heavy Duty Plug In Triple Grounding Outlet (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A gully plug in a riparian recovery area of Sheldon Refuge. Credit: Unknown.

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Expression using "plug in": plug in unit. Additional references.

Albanian

prizë (nozzle, outlet, plug, point, receptacle, socket, switch plug), vihet në prizë, merr korent, fus në prizë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏وضع الفيشة بالكبس, ‏وصل بالقابس الكهربائي. (various references)

Bulgarian 

включвам (add in, comprise, cover, engage in, engraft, gear, include, incorporate, insert, involve, latch, make, number, occlude, subsume, take in, throw in). (various references)

Czech

připojit (add, affix, annex, append, attach, connect, hook up, link, subjoin), zasunout do zásuvky, zastrèit do zásuvky, zapojit (bring in, connect, hook up, switch on, turn in). (various references)

Danish

forbinde (connect, connect up). (various references)

Dutch

verbinden (agglutinate, bind, combine, connect, connect up, join, tie, tie up), aansluiten (associate, bind, come together, connect, connect up, correspond, join, pool, tie, tie up). (various references)

Esperanto

konekti (connect, connect up). (various references)

Faeroese

binda saman (connect, connect up, join). (various references)

Finnish

kytkeä pistorasiaan (put the plug in the socket), kytkeä (chain up, connect, connect up, couple, switch, tie put on the lead, turn on). (various references)

French

connecter. (various references)

Frisian

ferbine (bind, combine, connect, connect up, join, tie, tie up). (various references)

German

sich anschließen lassen, hineinstecken (enclose, insert, insertion, plunge in, poke in, put in, slot in, stick in, to put in, to stick into), einstecken (plug, plug-in, pocket, pouch, push-in, put in, sheathe, swallow, to pocket, walk off with), einstöpseln, anschließen (add, affiliate, attach, communicate, connect, connect up, fasten, hook up, hook-up, install, lay on, lock, moor, padlock, report, tie, tie on). (various references)

Greek 

βάζω στην πρίζα, βάζω στη πρίζα. (various references)

Hebrew 

לתקוע תקע. (various references)

Hungarian

betipliz, bekapcsol (clasp, gear, switch on, to clasp, to do up, to gear, to press the button, to put in gear, to switch on, to throw the switch, turn on), bedug (to plug up, to pop in, to slip into, to tuck, to tuck into, turn in). (various references)

Irish

ceangail (connect, connect up, tie), cónaisc (connect, connect up). (various references)

Italian

collegarsi (connect, link), attaccare (adherence, affix, annex, append, assail, assault, attach, attack, become attached, begin, bind, catch on, cling, connect, engage, fasten, fix, foist, glue, hang, hitch, infect, lead off, link, pass on, pin, pitch into, put up, stick, stick in, strike, strike up, tie). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

差し込む (to flow in, to insert, to plug in, to put in, to shine in, to thrust in). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さし�"む (to flow in, to insert, to jam a batter, to plug in, to put in, to shine in, to thrust in). (various references)

Manx

cur dy valley (ram home). (various references)

Papiamen

konektá (connect, connect up). (various references)

Pig Latin

ugplay inay.(various references)

Portuguese

ligar (band, bind, binding, bond, call, catenate, colligate, connect, connect up, couple, gear, incorporate, indenture, inosculate, interlink, interlock, interweave, join, joint, knit, ligature, link, mingle, plug, set, splice, switch, switch on, tie, tie up, turn on, unite, wed, yoke). (various references)

Romanian

conecta (connect with), anclanşa. (various references)

Russian 

съемный (demountable, detachable, dismountable, plug-in, removable, withdrawable), вставлять штепсель, подключать (plugging). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uključiti (actuate, comprise, enter, include, join, plug, turn on). (various references)

Spanish

comunicar (announce, break, communicate, connect, connect up, convey, deliver, get on to, get over, get through, give, hand on, impart, infect, inform, notify, put across, put over, report, tell). (various references)

Swedish

ansluta (affiliate, affiliation, combine, connect, connect up, join, unite, wire). (various references)

Turkish

prize takmak, giriş yeri ile ilgili, fişli, fişini takmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

штепсельний, вставний (epenthetic, expletive, parenthetic, parenthetical). (various references)

Misspellings

"Plug In" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: plugin. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: puling.

-1 letter: lungi, lupin.

-2 letters: gulp, iglu, ling, lung, ping, plug, puli, pung.

-3 letters: gin, gip, gnu, gul, gun, lin, lip, lug, nil, nip, pig, pin, piu, pug, pul, pun.

-4 letters: in, li, nu, pi, un, up.

+1 letter: gulping, louping, lumping, pluming, pulings, pulling, pulping, pulsing, purling, upfling.

+2 letters: clumping, coupling, cupeling, dumpling, flumping, plaguing, plucking, plugging, plumbing, plumping, plunging, plunking, puddling, pulingly, pungling, purfling, purpling, puzzling, rumpling, sculping, slumping, slurping, suppling, unpiling, upflings, uppiling.

+3 letters: capsuling, couplings, crumpling, cupelling, cupolaing, decupling, depluming, dumplings, duplexing, expulsing, impulsing, larruping, octupling, ploughing, plumbings, polluting, pouringly, preluding, puddlings, pulsating, pummeling, purflings, purringly, repulsing, scrupling, sculpting, shlumping, splurging, supplying, upboiling, upcoiling, upcurling, upflowing, upfolding, upholding, upleaping, uplifting, uploading, upscaling, uptilting, upwelling.