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What does plug mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word plug? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.
  2. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
  3. (US) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
  4. (US, slang) A high, tapering silk hat.
  5. (US, slang) A worthless horse.
  6. (construction) A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
  7. A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.
  8. (geology) A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
  9. (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
  10. (horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
  11. A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
  2. (transitive) To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
  3. (intransitive, informal) To persist or continue with something.
  4. (transitive) To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
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