plug-ugly

plug-ug ly |ˈpləɡ ˈəɡli | informal ▶noun ( pl. plug-uglies ) a thug or villain. ▶adjective very ugly: that was one plug-ugly dress. ORIGIN by association with the verb plug in the informal sense ‘hit with the fist. ’

plug-ugly

plug-ugly informal, chiefly N. Amer. ▶noun ( pl. plug-uglies ) a thug or villain. ▶adjective (of a person ) very ugly. ORIGIN by association with the verb plug in the informal sense ‘hit with the fist ’.