Definition of "plugging" []

• Present participle of plug. (verb)
• The act of stopping with a plug. (noun)
• The material of which a plug or stopper is made. (noun)
• An arrangement of plugs. (noun)

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• "But as a commitment to long-term fiscal responsibility, this is disingenuousness bordering on dishonesty. [also on iraq btw] while the economist article spells it out: ... it is more likely that higher taxes will play the largest part in plugging the deficit."
• "But a local reporter pumping out false reports and then again plugging the biz with her phony apology, that to me, is only the tip of the iceberg."
• "It will also assist in plugging these same companies into financial benefits at the federal level, which they have been unable to obtain in past years."