pluggy
- adjective
- /ˈplʌɡi/
- During allergy season, my nose often gets pluggy in the mornings.
Examples
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After the flight my ears felt pluggy and I couldn't hear properly.
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The plumber said the kitchen sink was too pluggy to drain the water quickly.
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The pluggy drain caused water to back up in the sink.
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After the rain, the air felt pluggy and humid.
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During allergy season, my nose often gets pluggy in the mornings.
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The plumber said the kitchen sink was too pluggy to drain the water quickly.
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After the flight my ears felt pluggy and I couldn't hear properly.
Synonyms
Stopped from moving or flowing because something is blocking it
A blocked nose or chest that makes breathing difficult
A nose that is blocked so air cannot pass easily
Blocked so air cannot pass through, often in the nose after a cold
Completely blocked so nothing can pass through
Blocked or full so nothing can pass through
Antonyms
How Blocked
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pluggy comes from plug 'stopper' and the ending -y, so it means 'like a plug' or 'blocked'. So something pluggy feels stopped up, like an ear, nose or sink that cannot drain.