Phrase guide

plug walk

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The characteristic, swaggering gait of a drug dealer or supplier flush with money and product.

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Usage: Internet

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noun

Meaning 2

The characteristic, swaggering gait of a drug dealer or supplier flush with money and product.

A smooth, confident strut.

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Usage: Internet, broadly, figuratively

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noun

Meaning 3

A viral dance trend involving a bouncing motion in which dancers alternate rotating their knees inward and outward while making rhythmic hand gestures.

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Usage: broadly

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verb

Meaning 4

To do a plug walk or to perform the plug walk dance.

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History

Etymology

plug + walk; a hip-hop slang term originating from the illicit drug trade, referring to the walk of a plug (a drug supplier). The term was used in 2014 by rapper Black Kray in his song of the same name; the term was then popularized on TikTok in 2018 by rapper Rich the Kid’s hit single of the same name.