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If you don't get it by now, Tesla owners, you need to plug in your cars.

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Quick take

blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of plug gathered in one view.

noun

blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

noun

a wad of something chewable as tobacco

noun

blatant or sensational promotion

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for plug.

noun

blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

noun

a wad of something chewable as tobacco

noun

blatant or sensational promotion

noun

electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark

noun

an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection

noun

an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

noun

an old or over-worked horse

verb

fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"

verb

persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"

verb

deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"

verb

make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

verb

insert a plug into; "plug the wall"

verb

insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"

Example sentences

If you don't get it by now, Tesla owners, you need to plug in your cars.

So, let me make my one plug: go to the Business of Software conference.

When we plug that number into the equation we get about 80,397 homes, which is pretty sensible.

We get funded to develop something, and we're on the verge of making a sale, when the parent company decides to pull the plug.

And his defense for not charging overnight is laughable - plugging in overnight is not the same as plugging it at every Walmart stop.

Broder's being vague in his wordings - he phrases it as if they approved him to unplug when they might have just said to plug it in for about an hour when they were trying to find him the plugin station ahead of time.

There are youtube videos attesting to its efficacy on the femoral arteries of swine, however these videos ignore the effect wind has upon the powder in a combat setting, and the exothermic reaction that takes place to create the plug.

Tesla, in turn, says that he unplugged over their objections.- Broder just can't "account for the discrepancy" about the logs showing him driving close to 55 when he said he was limping along at 45, back from Norwich.- Broder seems defensible on the parking brake - how is he to know not to turn off the car?

He's just being obstinate here.- It's laughable to say that the Tesla fell short of its projected range when the projected range was from the day before, before not plugging it in on a cold night.- Tesla and Broder directly contradict each other on whether they gave him the go-ahead to stop charging after an hour in Norwich.