plugged meaning

• Adjective: plugged  plúgd
  1. (of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal 
  2. Completely obstructed or closed off
     "the drain was plugged"
     - blocked
  Verb: plug (plugged,plugging)  plúg
  1. Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
     "plug the hole"
     - stop up, secure 
  2. Persist in working hard
     "Students must plug away at this problem"
     - plug away 
  3. Deliver a quick blow to
     - punch, dong [Austral, NZ] 
  4. Make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote 
  5. Insert a plug into
     "plug the wall" 
  6. Insert as a plug
     "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"

  See also: change, obstructed, plugger

  Type of: advertise, advertize [US, non-standard], close, enclose, fill up, hang in, hang on, hit, hold on, inclose, insert, introduce, persevere, persist, promote, push, put in, stick in

  Encyclopedia: Plug

  Plugged

• 
  [Medicine]
  adj : blocked, closed, or obstructed by or as if by a plug ‹a plugged lymph vessel›
  

• plugged in:    [American slang]mo ...
• not worth a plugged nickel:    [American idiom]wo ...

Examples

1. the recorder was not plugged in.
2. the television cameras are also plugged into the computer.
3. before charging work is started, the drill holo is plugged.
4. she put the big hot coffee urn on the table and plugged it in.
5. computers could be plugged into a national network and be used like radios.