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peg

/pɛɡ/

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What does peg mean?

noun

  1. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
  2. A protrusion used to hang things on.
  3. (figuratively) A support; a reason; a pretext.
More meanings (38)

noun

  1. A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
  2. A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
  3. A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
  4. A place formally allotted for fishing
  5. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
  6. A step; a degree.
  7. Ellipsis of clothes peg.
  8. A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
  9. (slang) A stump.
  10. (slang) The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
  11. A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
  12. An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.
  13. Acronym of polyethylene glycol.
  14. Initialism of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
  15. Initialism of price/earnings to growth.
  16. Initialism of public, educational, and government (access television).
  17. Initialism of parsing expression grammar.
  18. Abbreviation of pyroelectric generator.
  19. (dated) A leg or foot.
  20. (archaic, slang) A serving of brandy and soda.
  21. (obsolete, slang) A shilling.
  22. (obsolete) Abbreviation of pneumoencephalography

verb

  1. To fasten using a peg.
  2. To affix or pin.
  3. To fix a value or price.
  4. To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
  5. (slang) To throw.
  6. To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
  7. (slang) To indicate or ascribe an attribute to; to classify or pigeonhole someone.
  8. To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
  9. (slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
  10. (slang) To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.
  11. To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
  12. (archaic, slang) To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.
  13. (obsolete, slang) To drive (a hackney carriage).

proper noun

  1. Diminutive of Margaret.
  2. Clipping of Peggy.
  3. (slang) Clipping of Winnipeg (city), usually preceded by "the".
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IPA pronunciation

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His hat hung on a peg behind him, and the roses of his carpet-bag glowed from the corner of the room.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143
Mombi bade the boy light a candle, while she put her basket in a cupboard and hung her cloak on a peg.
L. Frank (Lyman Frank) BaumThe Marvelous Land of OzProject Gutenberg ebook #54
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Thus a stick may be in equilibrium either when it hangs from a peg or when it is balanced on its point.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
He reached up for her big, rough straw hat that hung on a peg outside the door, and put it on her head.
Kate ChopinThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesProject Gutenberg ebook #160
The arrow used in turtle shooting has a strong lancet-shaped steel point, fitted into a peg which enters the tip of the shaft.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440