plugger

[pluhg-er]

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noun

a person or thing that plugs.

any of various machines or tools that insert, remove, or manipulate plugs or pluglike materials, as a dental instrument used to pack and mold the filling in a tooth cavity.

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Related Words for plugger

soldier, guerrilla, executioner, clipper, killer, gun, butcher, slayer, dropper, liquidator, enforcer, plugger, torpedo, eliminator

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Contemporary Examples of plugger

Teague replied: “I have to allow an operator or plugger a way to appeal when he believes our requirements are unreasonable.”
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.
David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News
December 9, 2014

Historical Examples of plugger

The Chestnut's a plugger an' ain't no good when it comes to gallopin'.
Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser
The quitter can't survive where the plugger has the ghost of a chance.
The Clock that Had no Hands
Herbert Kaufman
For all he knew, the Plugger was used to repair faults in the crusts of planets.
One Man's Poison
Robert Sheckley
The Plugger poured merrily through the blasted lock, into the room.
One Man's Poison
Robert Sheckley
Hellman tried to run around, but the Plugger had spread, cutting the room in half.
One Man's Poison
Robert Sheckley

Word Origin and History for plugger

1867, agent noun from plug (v.).

plugger in Medicine

plugger

[plŭg′ər]

n.

A dental instrument used for condensing material in a cavity.packer