plugged-in

[ pluhgd-in ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. closely connected; in touch with what is going on; informed; involved:

   He's one of the more plugged-in advisers at State House.

plugged-in

adjective

1. slang.
   up-to-date; abreast of the times

Word History and Origins

Origin of plugged-in¹

1955–60, for literal sense

Example Sentences

Dev Patel loitered around another corridor, waiting for his plugged-in phone to charge.

From The Daily Beast

But something was lost when the unarmed, as it were, and solitary stand-up comic gave way to the plugged-in sitdown comic.

From The Daily Beast

Tawa′lĭ-ukwanûñ′tĭ—“Punk-plugged-in,” from tawa′lĭ, punk; the Cherokee name of a traditional Shawano chief.

From Project Gutenberg

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