plug in
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To connect (an electrical device) to a plug socket.
verb
To familiarize and integrate (a person) into an organization.
Example Sentences
- "Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again? Ok. Well, are you sure that it's plugged in?"
- "I eschew the idea of plugging in my laptop to take notes and resort to old-fashioned pen and paper instead, so that I can enjoy more of the view and not be distracted by bashing a keyboard."
- "The drivers routinely patrol these areas- welfare offices, senior centers, even street corners- asking the Medicare patients to come with them for check-ups in return for cash. […] To get plugged in, we enlisted Lizzie Green, a 75-year-old widow who lives on social security and a small pension. She agreed to be our undercover test patient."
- "The Eskimos’ [football team] organizational depth has been tested early and often by a persistent injury bug that has claimed three starters […] and they continue to plug in new players and carry on."
- "Research shows that children whose parents are involved in their school make better grades and have fewer disciplinary problems at school. When parents get plugged in at school, their children do better."
- "If an equation has three unknowns, you can plug in two of them to find the third."