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peg
1[ peg ]
noun
- 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.
- Informal. a leg, either real or wooden:
still on his pegs at 99.
- a notch or degree:
to come down a peg.
- an occasion, basis, or reason:
a peg to hang a grievance on.
- Informal. a throw, especially in baseball:
The peg to the plate was late.
- Economics. the level at which some price, exchange rate, etc., is set.
- British, Indian English. an alcoholic drink, especially a whiskey or brandy and soda.
- British. clothespin.
verb (used with object)
- to drive or insert a peg into.
- to fasten with or as with pegs.
- to mark with pegs.
- to strike or pierce with or as with a peg.
- to keep (the commodity price, exchange rate, etc.) at a set level, as by manipulation or law.
- Informal. to throw (a ball).
- Journalism. to base (an article, feature story, etc.) upon; justify by (usually followed by on ):
The feature on the chief of police was pegged on the riots.
- Informal. to identify:
to peg someone as a good prospect.
verb (used without object)
- to work or continue persistently or energetically:
to peg away at a homework assignment.
- Informal. to throw a ball.
- Croquet. to strike a peg, as in completing a game.
adjective
- Also pegged. tapered toward the bottom of the leg:
peg trousers.
Peg
2[ peg ]
noun
- a female given name, form of Peggy.
peg
/ pɛɡ /
noun
- a small cylindrical pin or dowel, sometimes slightly tapered, used to join two parts together
- a pin pushed or driven into a surface: used to mark scores, define limits, support coats, etc
- See pinmusic any of several pins passing through the head ( peg box ) of a stringed instrument, which can be turned so as to tune strings wound around them See also pin
- Also calledclothes peg a split or hinged pin for fastening wet clothes to a line to dry US and Canadian equivalentclothespin
- informal.a person's leg
- dialect.a tooth
- a small drink of wine or spirits, esp of brandy or whisky and soda
- an opportunity or pretext for doing something
a peg on which to hang a theory
- a mountaineering piton
- croquet a post that a player's ball must strike to win the game
- angling a fishing station allotted to an angler in a competition, marked by a peg in the ground
- informal.a level of self-esteem, importance, etc (esp in the phrases bring or take down a peg )
- See peg leginformal.See peg leg
- off the pegoff the peg (of clothes) ready to wear, as opposed to tailor-made
verb
- tr to knock or insert a peg into or pierce with a peg
- trsometimes foll bydown to secure with pegs
to peg a tent
- mountaineering to insert or use pitons
- tr to mark (a score) with pegs, as in some card games
- informal.tr to aim and throw (missiles) at a target
- intr; foll by away, along, etc to work steadily
he pegged away at his job for years
- tr to stabilize (the price of a commodity, an exchange rate, etc) by legislation or market operations
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Other Words From
- peg·less adjective
- peg·like adjective
- re·peg verb repegged repegging
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peg1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of peg1
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Idioms and Phrases
I guess that'll take him down a peg!
More idioms and phrases containing peg
In addition to the idiom beginning with peg , also see square peg in a round hole ; take down a notch (peg) .Discover More
Example Sentences
The company has also clarified that parents will be able to work remotely past the August 2021 date currently pegged for the workforce’s return to the office is children’s schools remain closed.
We pegged from the start that Democrats would win the House and Republicans would hold the Senate.
A season ago, SRS pegged the Canes as the league’s 13th-best team, just good enough to sneak into the playoffs and cause some chaos.
All of these proofs in the history of the square peg problem, a lot of them have that idea.
This Möbius strip provides mathematicians with a new object to analyze in order to solve the rectangular peg problem.
To “link up the beachheads and peg out claims well inland” was necessarily the first aim of Overlord.
And so the shaming of them, the public taking them down a peg or two, become moments to savor.
But “economic diversity” is a square peg in a round hole, no matter how you feel about round holes.
His team routed the British and hence, at the Patiala Peg, drinks are served in 75 ml glasses, compared to the standard 60 ml.
It was meant to convey an off-the-peg, cheap suit, which was all the character would have been able to afford.
He reached up for her big, rough straw hat that hung on a peg outside the door, and put it on her head.
And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.
The throat, with the whole of the peg-box, is reduced slightly but consistently with strength and beauty of appearance.
Edna had found her old bathing suit still hanging, faded, upon its accustomed peg.
As the representative of his father-in-law, Haggard asked his lordship with punctilious hospitality if he would take another peg.
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