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plug-in

/ˈplʌɡ.ɪn/

plug-in adjective: designed to be plugged into an electrical power outlet or circuit.

Adjective

plug-in (not comparable)

  1. Designed to be plugged into an electrical power outlet or circuit.
    • a plug-in hand drill
  2. Able to be extended with further components in a modular fashion.

Noun

plug-in (plural plug-ins)

  1. Anything that plugs into something.
  2. A module or device that interacts with another to add a specific feature or function.
  3. An electric vehicle that can be recharged from an external power source.
    Synonyms:
    PEV
  4. An air freshener that can be charged by connecting it to the mains power supply.
    • They take your best bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and boil it up with Satsuma peel and bits of stick, resulting in a hot sour wine and every room of the house smelling like a festive Airwick Plug-in has exploded, with the added bonus that all your best pans are now ruined. Cheers!2013, Rob Temple, Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves One Rainy Day at a Time, page 141
    • But unlike other Glade products with the aroma being released simply by spraying it or by opening the container, this new product the "Glade Plug-In" required that the product actually be plugged into an electrical socket in order for the aroma and fragrance to get released into the air, with the...2015, Sheldon Malone, Changing the Way You Think: One-Year Devotional Unlocking the Mind with the Word of God

plug-in meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Persian

plug-in in Tamil

செருகுநிரல், உட்பொருத்தி, உட்செருகு, செருகு

plug-in in Arabic

computer add-on
مُلْحَق mulḥaq

plug-in in Malay

computer add-on
pemalam

plug-in in Persian

computer add-on
افزایه afzâye
More languagesFewer languages
plug-in in Thai
ปลั๊กอิน bplák-in
plug-in in Vietnamese
trình cắm, phần bổ trợ, phần bổ sung

Examples of plug-in in a sentence

  • Plus, I expect a Febreze plug-in would smell like heaven to me right now.2017, Poppy Dolan, The Bluebell Bunting Society:
  • I quickly picked up the dirty laundry that was scattered all around, opened the window, sprayed the room down with Febreze, changed the plug-in, and called it good.2021, Lori A. Bonnevier,MSW,LCSW, You Don't Have to Crush Your Ex: Hints, Hacks, and Hell-No's to Win Your Custody Evaluation:

Synonyms of plug-in

Antonyms

Forms of plug-in

Adjective
alternative formplugin
Noun
pluralplug-ins

Origin of plug-in

Deverbal from plug in.

Questions about plug-in

What does plug-in mean?
Plug-in means designed to be plugged into an electrical power outlet or circuit.
What is plug-in in Tamil?
Plug-in in Tamil is செருகுநிரல், உட்பொருத்தி, உட்செருகு. See Plug-in meaning in Tamil.
How do you use plug-in in a sentence?
Plus, I expect a Febreze plug-in would smell like heaven to me right now.
What part of speech is plug-in?
Plug-in can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce plug-in?
Plug-in is pronounced /ˈplʌɡ.ɪn/.

Words near plug-in in the dictionary

  1. plug-'n'-play
  2. plug-and-go
  3. plug-and-play
  4. plug-and-pray
  5. plug-compatible
  6. plug-in
  7. plug-ins
  8. plug-uglies
  9. plug-ugly
  10. plugable
  11. plugback

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plug-in (page history and authors); plug-in (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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