pluggableadj.
/ˈplʌɡəbl/, U.S. /ˈpləɡəb(ə)l/ 1. Of a hole or aperture: able to be filled or stopped. Also figurative.
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1899 Evening Star 27 Apr. 1/2 (advt.) A pluggable communication with the outer air is suggested as a palliative, but end 'em rather than mend 'em is our advice.
1923 Geogr. Jrnl. 62 409 The boat was torpedoed, a couple of holes being punched through the thin soft aluminium below the waterline aft, but fortunately these were pluggable with rags.
1971 Daily News (Red Bluff, Calif.) 28 June 7/2 12 college students..have volunteered summer time scouring california's tax laws to find pluggable loopholes.
2003 Marshfield (Wisconsin) News (Nexis) 30 Apr. 3 a A cow used for dairy research that has a pluggable hole in its stomach made a few students queasy.
2. Of a product or service, esp. a pop song: that is suitable for being advertised and promoted in the media (see plug v. 7b).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [adjective] > suitable for repeated performances
pluggable1930
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [adjective] > capable of being plugged
pluggable1930
1930 Punch 9 Apr. 414 One good rousing ‘pluggable’ air, ‘The March of the Musketeers’.
1977 Time 19 Dec. 54/1 The first film..features a sound track overcrowded with highly pluggable Bee Gees songs.
1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 July ii. 1/2 ‘Cats’ has a highly pluggable hit song—‘Memory’.
2000 Guardian (Nexis) 5 May 14 Experts are divided over whether Sky and the BBC, for example, are pluggable.
3. Of an electrical appliance or device: able to be connected using a plug.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [adjective] > suitable for plugging
plug-in1922
pluggable1946
1946 Ann. Computation Lab. Harvard Univ. 1 251 The L10 counter has a pluggable read-out.
1954 Jrnl. Assoc. Computing Machinery 1 13/2 Converting..consists principally of adding magnetic heads and pluggable units.
1977 New Yorker 12 Sept. 93/2 (advt.) These remarkable, pluggable, portable 4-band radio-cassette recorders give you the wide sound of stereo FM.
1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 226/2 (caption) Shrouded Probes..Rigid (pluggable). Rigid probes with finger guard and rear socket to accept 4 mm shrouded plugs and leads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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