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Definition of peg - 10 dictionary results

peg

  [peg] noun, verb, pegged, peg⋅ging, adjective
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–noun
1. a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
2. Informal. a leg, either real or wooden: still on his pegs at 99.
3. a notch or degree: to come down a peg.
4. an occasion, basis, or reason: a peg to hang a grievance on.
5. Also called pin. Music. a pin of wood or metal in the neck of a stringed instrument that may be turned in its socket to adjust a string's tension.
6. Informal. a throw, esp. in baseball: The peg to the plate was late.
7. news peg.
8. Economics. the level at which some price, exchange rate, etc., is set.
9. British, Anglo-Indian. an alcoholic drink, esp. a whiskey or brandy and soda.
10. British. clothespin.
–verb (used with object)
11. to drive or insert a peg into.
12. to fasten with or as with pegs.
13. to mark with pegs.
14. to strike or pierce with or as with a peg.
15. to keep (the commodity price, exchange rate, etc.) at a set level, as by manipulation or law.
16. Informal. to throw (a ball).
17. Journalism. to base (an article, feature story, etc.) upon; justify by (usually fol. by on): The feature on the chief of police was pegged on the riots.
18. Informal. to identify: to peg someone as a good prospect.
–verb (used without object)
19. to work or continue persistently or energetically: to peg away at a homework assignment.
20. Informal. to throw a ball.
21. Croquet. to strike a peg, as in completing a game.
–adjective
22. Also, pegged. tapered toward the bottom of the leg: peg trousers.
—Idiom
23. take down a peg, to reduce the pride or arrogance of; humble: I guess that'll take him down a peg!
Origin:
1400–50; late ME pegge (n.), peggen (v.) < MD

Related forms:
pegless, adjective
peglike, adjective

Peg

  [peg]
–noun
a female given name, form of Peggy.

news peg

 
–noun
1. a news story that forms the basis of or justification for a feature story, editorial, political cartoon, or the like.
2. the reference in a feature story, editorial, or the like, to the newsworthy event that underlies or justifies it.
Also called peg.

Origin:
1955–60
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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peg   (pěg)   
n.  

    1. A small cylindrical or tapered pin, as of wood, used to fasten things or plug a hole.

    2. A similar pin forming a projection that may be used as a support or boundary marker.

  2. Music One of the pins of a stringed instrument that are turned to tighten or slacken the strings so as to regulate their pitch.

  3. A degree or notch, as in estimation: Our opinion of him went up a few pegs after he did the dishes.

  4. Chiefly British A drink of liquor.

  5. Baseball A low and fast throw made to put a base runner out.

  6. Informal A leg, especially a wooden one.

v.   pegged, peg·ging, pegs

v.   tr.

  1. To fasten or plug with a peg or pegs.

  2. To designate or mark by means of a peg or pegs.

  3. To fix (a price) at a certain level or within a certain range.

  4. Informal To classify; categorize: I pegged her as an opportunist. Why do you have me pegged as the rowdy one?

  5. Informal To throw.

v.   intr.
To work steadily; persist: pegged away until our luck turned.

[Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry:  peg1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See news peg
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Slang Dictionary
peg (so)

  1. tv.
    to gossip about someone. : Kim is always pegging Jill. What's her problem?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

peg  (n.)
1440, from M.Du. pegge "peg," a common Low Ger. word of uncertain origin (cf. Low Ger. pigge "peg," M.Du. pegel "little knob used as a mark"). The verb meaning "fasten with or as if on a peg" is first recorded 1598, from the noun. Slang sense of "identify, classify" first recorded 1920. To be a square peg in a round hole "be inappropriate for one's situation" is attested from 1836; to take someone down a peg is from 1589, but the original lit. sense is uncertain (most of the likely candidates are not attested until centuries later).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

peg

  1. To fix the price of a new security issue during the issuance period through buying and selling it in the open market in order to ensure that the price in the secondary market will not fall below the offering price. Also called holding the market, price stabilization, stabilize. See also stabilization period.

  2. To fix the rate at which foreign currencies exchange with one another.


Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Idioms & Phrases

peg

In addition to the idiom beginning with peg, also see square peg in a round hole; take down a notch (peg).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
PEG

  1. Pegasus (constellation)

  2. polyethylene glycol

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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