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Definition of 'PEG'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) peg
a cylindrical or tapered pin of wood, metal, etc., driven or fitted into something as a fastening, support or stopper.

2.  peg
a notch or degree:
to come down a peg.

3.  peg
an occasion, basis, or reason:
a peg to hang a grievance on.

4.  peg
one of the wooden or metal pins in the neck of a musical stringed instrument that are turned to adjust the pitch of the strings.

5.  peg
Informal. a leg.

6.  peg
Informal. a hard, accurate throw, esp. in baseball.

7.  peg
Brit. an alcoholic drink, esp. a whiskey or brandy and soda.

8. (v.t.) peg
to fasten with or as if with pegs.

9.  peg
to mark with pegs.

10.  peg
to strike or pierce with or as if with a peg.

11.  peg
to keep (a price, exchange rate, etc.) at a set level.

12.  peg
Informal. to throw (a ball) forcefully.

13.  peg
Informal. to identify:
to peg someone as a good prospect.

14.  peg
to base upon:
The feature story was pegged on the riots.

15. (v.i.) peg
to work persistently.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME pegge (n.), peggen (v.) < MD)

Definition of 'PEG'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) peg, nog
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

2. (noun) peg, pin
small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

3. (noun) pin, peg, stick
informal terms for the leg
"fever left him weak on his sticks"

4. (noun) peg, wooden leg, leg, pegleg
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

5. (noun) peg
regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument

6. (verb) peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

7. (verb) nail down, nail, peg
succeed in obtaining a position
"He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

8. (verb) peg
pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into

9. (verb) peg, peg down
fasten or secure with a wooden pin
"peg a tent"

10. (verb) peg
stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
"The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar"

Definition of 'PEG'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) peg
a long pointed object used to fix sth in place
tent pegs

2. peg
a hook on a wall for hanging coats on
Put your coats on a peg.

3. peg
clothespin
a peg to hang up the clothes with

Definition of 'PEG'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) PEG
a small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg

2. (noun) PEG
a wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon

3. (noun) PEG
one of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained

4. (noun) PEG
one of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board

5. (noun) PEG
a step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."

6. (verb) PEG
to put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely

7. (verb) PEG
to score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points

8. (verb) PEG
to work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task

Translation of 'PEG'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a usually short, not very thick, piece of wood, metal etc used to fasten or mark something There were four pegs stuck in the ground.
Afrikaans: pen	Arabic: وَتَد	Bulgarian: клечка
Brazilian: estaca	Czech: kolík	German: der Pflock
Danish: pløk	Greek: πασσαλίσκος	Spanish: clavija, estaca
Estonian: vai	Farsi: میخ	Finnish: tappi
French: piquet	Hebrew: יָתֵד	Hindi: खूंटी, मेख, कील
Croatian: kolčić	Hungarian: pecek	Indonesian: patok, pasak
Icelandic: pinni, tittur	Italian: paletto	Japanese: くぎ
Korean: 말뚝	Lithuanian: kuolelis, kaišt(el)is	Latvian: mietiņš
Malay: pasak	Dutch: pin	Norwegian: pinne, plugg
Polish: kołek, zatyczka	Persian: میخ	Pashto: مږوى
Portuguese: cavilha	Romanian: ţăruş	Russian: колышек
Slovak: kolík	Slovenian: klin	Serbian: klin
Swedish: pinne, sprint, bult	Thai: ตะปู	Turkish: işaret çivisi, küçük kazı
Taiwanese: 木或金屬釘，栓，樁	Ukrainian: кілочок; дерев'яний цвях	Urdu: کھونٹا
Vietnamese: miếng gỗ/ thép	Chinese: 木或金属钉，栓，桩
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