(figurative) A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
(ornithology) A group of common grackles.
(pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
verb
(transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
(transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
plaguy
plaguy
adj
Causing annoyance or bother; irritating.
plough
plough
noun
(yoga) A yoga pose resembling a traditional plough, halāsana.
A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
A joiner's plane for making grooves.
Alternative form of Plough (Synonym of Ursa Major)
Alternative form of ploughland, an alternative name for a carucate or hide.
The use of a plough; tillage.
verb
(UK, university slang, transitive) To fail (a student).
(bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plough.
(intransitive) To use a plough.
(joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
(nautical) To run through, as in sailing.
(transitive) To use a plough on soil to prepare for planting.
(transitive, vulgar) To have sex with, penetrate.
To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in.
To move with force.
pluggy
plunge
plunge
noun
(dated) A swimming pool
(figuratively) the act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse
(obsolete) an immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty
(slang) heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation
a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water)
the act of plunging or submerging
verb
(figuratively, intransitive) To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
(figuratively, transitive) To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
(intransitive) To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
(intransitive, obsolete) To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
(intransitive, obsolete) To overwhelm, overpower.
(intransitive, slang) To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
(transitive) To remove a blockage by suction.
(transitive) To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
(transitive, obsolete) To baptize by immersion.
plungy
puggle
puggle
noun
(chiefly Australia) A baby monotreme (echidna or platypus).
A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a pug and beagle.
verb
(UK, regional) To coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about; to delve into a hole in order to locate an animal.
(UK, regional) To poke around a hole with a stick, as to explore, remove obstacles, etc.
puglia
puling
puling
noun
A whining or whimpering.
verb
present participle of pule
pungle
pungle
verb
(Southwestern US, regional) To pay or hand over; to shell out
putlog
putlog
noun
(architecture) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose.
ungulp
unplug
unplug
verb
(intransitive) To stop using electronic devices, especially for relaxation or to reduce stress.
(transitive) To disconnect from a supply, especially an electrical socket.
(transitive) To remove a blockage from (especially a water pipe or drain).
To temporarily disconnect from worldly experiences.