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• v  fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
• v  persist in working hard
• v  deliver a quick blow to
• v  make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
• v  insert a plug into
• v  insert as a plug
  She plugged a cork in the wine bottle
• a  (of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal
• s  completely obstructed or closed off
  the drain was plugged

• In 2001's cult hit Dance Dance Revolution, players stomped on a dance mat in time to the beat; this sequel exercises your vocal cords via a plugged-in microphone.
• Less than a minute after I plugged it into the lighter jack, it was able to tell me I was driving south from Tampa on I-275, at a speed of 77 miles an hour.
• I plugged my cable box, a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD with built-in DVR, into the Slingbox, then connected that to my TV and my home network via Ethernet.

• plug
• stop up
• secure
• plug away
• punch
• blocked

News & Articles

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• Leaving appliances plugged in overnight may be dangerous, federal agency says
  Leaving your appliances and cell phones plugged in while you sleep could be dangerous -- and in one case, deadly -- federal agency says.
  June 12, 2013 - FOX 35 Orlando
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  June 9, 2013 - The Sandusky Register
• Student rock bands to play benefit shows
  Plugged In, a nonprofit organization that uses rock music to teach local teenagers how to play in an ensemble, and the importance of giving back to the community, will showcase the culmination of 14 weeks of lessons in a three-day stretch of benefit shows next weekend. The concerts, which will feature 41 student rock bands, will be held Friday from 6 to 11 p.m.; Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m.; and ...
  June 9, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• Drew Barrymore in CNN
  After being "so aggressive about living life to the fullest and being plugged into everything," Barrymore -- whose busy past few years included making her directorial debut in "Whip It," producing and starring in "He's Just Not That Into You"...
• Mitch McConnell in msnbc.com
  Until this leak is plugged, they're [the American people] not in any mood to hand over even more power to a government that, so far, hasn't lived up to their expectations in response to the spill,McConnell said in a Senate speech.
• Sally Hawkins in CTV.ca
  I don't know how she knew before anyone else, but she's plugged in pretty well,said Hawkins, who stars as an eternally cheery schoolteacher whose optimism is put to the test in "Happy-Go-Lucky." "I didn't really believe it till I got the...