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
Blocked or full so nothing can pass through
Completely blocked so nothing can pass through
A blocked nose or chest that makes breathing difficult
Blocked so air cannot pass through, often in the nose after a cold
A nose that is blocked so air cannot pass easily
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.