"misplug" meaning in English

See misplug in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: misplugs [plural]
Etymology: mis- + plug Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|plug}} mis- + plug Head templates: {{en-noun}} misplug (plural misplugs)
  1. An instance of misplugging.
    Sense id: en-misplug-en-noun-KTO6nrtl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 88 12

Verb

Forms: misplugs [present, singular, third-person], misplugging [participle, present], misplugged [participle, past], misplugged [past]
Etymology: mis- + plug Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|plug}} mis- + plug Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} misplug (third-person singular simple present misplugs, present participle misplugging, simple past and past participle misplugged)
  1. To plug incorrectly.
    Sense id: en-misplug-en-verb-2v6Ww5l4

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for misplug meaning in English (3.6kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mis",
        "3": "plug"
      },
      "expansion": "mis- + plug",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "mis- + plug",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "misplugs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misplugging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misplugged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misplugged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "misplug (third-person singular simple present misplugs, present participle misplugging, simple past and past participle misplugged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1910, Arthur Edward Van Hagan, Tandem Trunking, page 33",
          "text": "A guard lamp is installed on each trunk in the end position at the tandem board so that, if an \"A\" operator misplugs, the call may be answered promptly by the supervisor at the tandem board and cared for properly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Harry C. Box, Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, page 256",
          "text": "Be very careful not to misplug a three-wire system to the stage box and run 240V accidentally.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998 August, “Dell PowerEdge 6300”, in PC Magazine, volume 17, number 14, page 51",
          "text": "Cabling is labeled on both sides, so you won't misplug a device connector.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To plug incorrectly."
      ],
      "id": "en-misplug-en-verb-2v6Ww5l4",
      "links": [
        [
          "plug",
          "plug"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "misplug"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mis",
        "3": "plug"
      },
      "expansion": "mis- + plug",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "mis- + plug",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "misplugs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "misplug (plural misplugs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with mis-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1908 March 21, “New Telephone Patents”, in Electrical World, volume 51, page 609",
          "text": "This circuit is so arranged that in case an operator at the manual end makes a misplug, the correction of the error will have no effect on the setting of the automatic.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Yu. K. Rybin, Electronic Devices for Analog Signal Processing, page 212",
          "text": "With the integrated technology, it is easy to provide for the measures for linearization and temperature stabilization of the parameters and characteristics, overload and misplug protection, operation in a wide range of supply voltages, etc.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Karan Singh, Sandra Tomoko Minami Abe, Srikanth R. Adige, IBM zEnterprise EC12 Configuration Setup, page 561",
          "text": "Do not use any other ports in the BPH. Any deviations or misplugs will affect the operation of the zEC12 system.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, GB 50397-2007: Translated English of Chinese Standard., page 63",
          "text": "Where AC and DC sockets or sockets of different voltages are installed in the same place, they shall be distinguished clearly. And the sockets must be different in structure and specification and can't be exchanged to avoid misplug.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instance of misplugging."
      ],
      "id": "en-misplug-en-noun-KTO6nrtl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "misplug"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with mis-",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mis",
        "3": "plug"
      },
      "expansion": "mis- + plug",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "mis- + plug",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "misplugs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misplugging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misplugged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misplugged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "misplug (third-person singular simple present misplugs, present participle misplugging, simple past and past participle misplugged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1910, Arthur Edward Van Hagan, Tandem Trunking, page 33",
          "text": "A guard lamp is installed on each trunk in the end position at the tandem board so that, if an \"A\" operator misplugs, the call may be answered promptly by the supervisor at the tandem board and cared for properly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Harry C. Box, Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, page 256",
          "text": "Be very careful not to misplug a three-wire system to the stage box and run 240V accidentally.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998 August, “Dell PowerEdge 6300”, in PC Magazine, volume 17, number 14, page 51",
          "text": "Cabling is labeled on both sides, so you won't misplug a device connector.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To plug incorrectly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plug",
          "plug"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "misplug"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with mis-",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mis",
        "3": "plug"
      },
      "expansion": "mis- + plug",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "mis- + plug",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "misplugs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "misplug (plural misplugs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1908 March 21, “New Telephone Patents”, in Electrical World, volume 51, page 609",
          "text": "This circuit is so arranged that in case an operator at the manual end makes a misplug, the correction of the error will have no effect on the setting of the automatic.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Yu. K. Rybin, Electronic Devices for Analog Signal Processing, page 212",
          "text": "With the integrated technology, it is easy to provide for the measures for linearization and temperature stabilization of the parameters and characteristics, overload and misplug protection, operation in a wide range of supply voltages, etc.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Karan Singh, Sandra Tomoko Minami Abe, Srikanth R. Adige, IBM zEnterprise EC12 Configuration Setup, page 561",
          "text": "Do not use any other ports in the BPH. Any deviations or misplugs will affect the operation of the zEC12 system.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, GB 50397-2007: Translated English of Chinese Standard., page 63",
          "text": "Where AC and DC sockets or sockets of different voltages are installed in the same place, they shall be distinguished clearly. And the sockets must be different in structure and specification and can't be exchanged to avoid misplug.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instance of misplugging."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "misplug"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.