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plugging and playing

plugging and playing is the present participle and gerund of plug and play.

Meaning of plug and play

Verb

plug and play (third-person singular simple present plugs and plays, present participle plugging and playing, simple past and past participle plugged and played)

  1. To connect a device or component to a system such that it operates immediately without requiring any additional setup, configuration or installation.

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Questions about plugging and playing

What is plugging and playing the present participle and gerund of?
Plugging and playing is the present participle and gerund of plug and play.

Words near plugging and playing in the dictionary

  1. plugged-in
  2. plugger
  3. pluggers
  4. pluggery
  5. plugging
  6. plugging and playing
  7. plugging away
  8. plugging in
  9. plugging into
  10. plugging out
  11. plugging up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plugging and playing (page history and authors); plug and play (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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