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plugging up

plugging up is the present participle and gerund of plug up.

Meaning of plug up

Verb

plug up (third-person singular simple present plugs up, present participle plugging up, simple past and past participle plugged up)

  1. (transitive) To put a plug or bung into something; to interrupt the flow of.
    • People often flush paper towels down toilets, plugging them up; […]2019 April 25, Samanth Subramanian, “Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands”, in The Guardian
  2. (transitive) To reinforce something weak.

Questions about plugging up

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

Words near plugging up in the dictionary

  1. plugging and playing
  2. plugging away
  3. plugging in
  4. plugging into
  5. plugging out
  6. plugging up
  7. pluggings
  8. pluggnB
  9. plughole
  10. plugholes
  11. plugin

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