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plugging

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/ˈplʌɡɪŋ/ English

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verb

  1. To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.“He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.”
  2. To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.“The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome.”
  3. To persist or continue with something.“Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution.”
  4. To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.

noun

  1. The act of stopping with a plug.
  2. The material of which a plug or stopper is made.
  3. An arrangement of plugs.“We tried a few different pluggings.”

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