plugger

One who persists

A plugger is someone who persists doggedly at a task, working steadily without flash or brilliance: He's not gifted, just a plugger who shows up every day.

In dentistry, a plugger is an instrument for packing filling material into a cavity.

In media and marketing, a plugger promotes songs or products, working to get them airplay or attention.

workhorse

grinder

Crushing or sharpening device

trouper · stayer · grafter · plodder · drudge · tireless · diligent · industrious · tenacious · persistent

promoter

pitchman

Persuasive product demonstrator

advocate · evangelist · pusher · salesperson · barker · tout · campaigner · endorser · influencer · ambassador

dental

filling

Material placed within

composite · molar · decay · enamel · caries · inlay · onlay · drill · crown · temporary

jazz

Ellington

Jazz composer and bandleader

  • brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
  • hornPointed animal headgear
  • tromboneSlide-operated brass instrument

growl · swing · blues · scat

Categories
Opposites
work ethic and persistence

pluggershirker

One who avoids duty

slacker · loafer · lazybones · idler · sluggard

persistence vs. giving up

pluggerquitter

One who surrenders

defeatist · abandoner · dropout · deserter · surrenderer

Phrases
Family

plugged, plugging, unplugged, unplugging, replugged, replugging, pluggers

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G