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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.
  • Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
  • construction A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
  • electricity A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket.
  • fishing A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
  • US|slang A high, tapering silk hat.
  • US|slang A worthless horse.
  • Geology A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
  • US A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.

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Verb:

  • intransitive informal To persist or continue with something.
  • transitive To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
  • transitive To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
  • transitive To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

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