Plug vs. Wad
Plugnoun
(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.
Plugnoun
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
Plugnoun
(US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
Plugnoun
A high, tapering silk hat.
Plugnoun
A worthless horse.
Plugnoun
(dated) Any worn-out or useless article.
Plugnoun
(construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
Plugnoun
(slang) A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.
Plugnoun
(geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
Plugnoun
(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
Plugnoun
(horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
Plugnoun
(jewellery) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
Plugnoun
(slang) A drug dealer.
Plugnoun
A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
Plugverb
(transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
Plugverb
(transitive) To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
Plugverb
To persist or continue with something.
Plugverb
(transitive) To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
Plugverb
To have sex with, penetrate sexually.
Plugnoun
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
Plugnoun
A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
Plugnoun
A high, tapering silk hat.
Plugnoun
A worthless horse.
Plugnoun
A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
Plugverb
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
Plugnoun
blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
Plugnoun
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Plugnoun
blatant or sensational promotion
Plugnoun
electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
Plugnoun
an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection
Plugnoun
an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
Plugnoun
an old or over-worked horse
Plugverb
fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug;
Plugverb
persist in working hard;
Plugverb
deliver a quick blow to;
Plugverb
make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
Wadnoun
An amorphous, compact mass.
Wadnoun
A substantial pile (normally of money).
Wadnoun
A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.
Wadnoun
(slang) A sandwich.
Wadnoun
An ejaculation of semen.
Wadnoun
(dialect) Plumbago, graphite.
Wadnoun
(mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
Wadverb
To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
Wadverb
(Ulster) To wager.
Wadverb
To insert or force a wad into.
Wadverb
To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
Wadnoun
Woad.
Wadnoun
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
Wadnoun
Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.
Wadnoun
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
Wadnoun
An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties.
Wadverb
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
Wadverb
To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak.
Wadnoun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
Wadnoun
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Wadverb
compress into a wad;
Wadverb
crowd or pack to capacity;
Wad
Wad is an old mining term for any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral-rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits. Typically closely associated with various iron oxides.
