Definition of plugs

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • plugs is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
  • plugs is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
  • plugs is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of plugs


  • an old or over-worked horse (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. hack
    2. jade
    3. nag
  • blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. stopper
    2. stopple
  • blatant or sensational promotion (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. ballyhoo
    2. hoopla
    3. hype
  • an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. fire hydrant
    2. fireplug
  • deliver a quick blow to (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. punch
  • an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. male plug
  • fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug (verb)

    Examples

    1. plug the hole

    Synonyms

    1. secure
    2. stop up
  • electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. spark plug
    2. sparking plug
  • a wad of something chewable as tobacco (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. chaw
    2. chew
    3. cud
    4. quid
    5. wad
  • persist in working hard (verb)

    Examples

    1. Students must plug away at this problem

    Synonyms

    1. plug away
  • insert a plug into (verb)

    Examples

    1. plug the wall
  • insert as a plug (verb)

    Examples

    1. She plugged a cork in the wine bottle
  • make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote (verb)
  • replace the center of a coin with a baser metal (verb)

    Examples

    1. plug a nickle

See definition of plugs in Merriam Webster