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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
/ ±èɛɡ /
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
- music 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 )
- informal.See peg leg
- off 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
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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- ±è±ð²µÂ·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
- °ù±ð·±è±ð²µ verb repegged repegging
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of peg1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of peg1
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) .Example Sentences
Jack Black, however, is a feat of engineering: a round peg who fits perfectly into this square-centric land.
This is a form of financing pegged to a set of annual environmental and social improvements agreed between a borrower and its banks.
Pupils explain their feelings by attaching a peg to a picture of a character who is happy, angry or sad.
Climate Transparency, the advocacy group, had pegged India's potential income loss across services, manufacturing, agriculture and construction sectors from labour capacity reduction due to extreme heat at $159bn in 2021- or 5.4% of its GDP.
One of Gareth's most cherished accomplishments was building a replica of the village chapel out of wooden clothes pegs.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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