Plug and Sponsor

Plug

Plug verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.

Sponsor and plug are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sponsor" instead a verb "Plug".

Nearby Words: plugged, plugboard

Sponsor

Sponsor verb - Assume sponsorship of.

Plug and sponsor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plug" instead a verb "Sponsor".

Nearby Words: sponsorship, sponsored, sponsoring

How words are described

special special plug special sponsor
ordinary ordinary plug ordinary sponsor
big big plug big sponsor
new new plug new sponsor
Other adjectives: last, latest, commercial, biggest.

Common collocations

show plug show sponsor show
game plug game sponsor game
beer plug beer sponsor beer

Both words in one sentence

  • Happens a lot on bigger TV events, as between matches the commentators sloppily segue into a plug for the upcoming Pay-Per-View event, a sponsor's product, the latest movie starring one of the wrestlers, etc.
    Source: Enforced Plug
  • Many early sitcoms worked a sponsor into the open credits; these are cut short to remove the plug or (as in I Love Lucy below) replaced entirely.
  • Radio / Fibber McGee and Molly Enforced Plug: In the person of Harlow Wilcox, local salesman for Johnson Wax (the show's primary sponsor).
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