peg.
A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
Meaning & usage
A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
A protrusion used to hang things on.
Hang your coat on the peg and come in.
A support; a reason; a pretext.
a peg to hang a claim upon
A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
A place formally allotted for fishing
A leg or foot.
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
A step; a degree.
Ellipsis of clothes peg.
A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
A stump.
The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
Get your strap-on out and give me a nice peg!
A serving of brandy and soda.
A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
A shilling.
An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge (“pin, peg”), from Old Dutch *pigg-, *pegg-, from Proto-Germanic *pig-, *pag- (“peg, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (“club, pointed stick, peg”). Cognate with Dutch dialectal peg (“pin”), Low German pig, pigge (“peg, stick with a point”), Low German pegel (“post, stake”), Swedish pigg (“tooth, spike”), Danish pig (“spike”), Norwegian Bokmål pigg (“spike”), Irish bac (“stick, crook”), Latin baculum (“staff”), Latvian bakstît (“to poke”), Ancient Greek βάκτρον (báktron, “staff, walking stick”). Related to beak. This is one of the very few English words that begin with a p and come from Proto-Germanic. Proto-Germanic *p, when not in a consonant cluster beginning with *s, developed by Grimm's law from the Proto-Indo-European consonant *b, which was very rare. (To indicate or ascribe an attribute to): Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.
To fasten using a peg.
Let's peg the rug to the floor.
To affix or pin.
I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board.
She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall.
To fix a value or price.
China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar.
To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
To throw.
To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
To indicate or ascribe an attribute to; to classify or pigeonhole someone.
He's been pegged as a suspect.
I pegged his weight at 165.
To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
She pegged twelve points.
To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
We pegged the speedometer across the flats.
To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.
To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.
To drive (a hackney carriage).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge (“pin, peg”), from Old Dutch *pigg-, *pegg-, from Proto-Germanic *pig-, *pag- (“peg, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (“club, pointed stick, peg”). Cognate with Dutch dialectal peg (“pin”), Low German pig, pigge (“peg, stick with a point”), Low German pegel (“post, stake”), Swedish pigg (“tooth, spike”), Danish pig (“spike”), Norwegian Bokmål pigg (“spike”), Irish bac (“stick, crook”), Latin baculum (“staff”), Latvian bakstît (“to poke”), Ancient Greek βάκτρον (báktron, “staff, walking stick”). Related to beak. This is one of the very few English words that begin with a p and come from Proto-Germanic. Proto-Germanic *p, when not in a consonant cluster beginning with *s, developed by Grimm's law from the Proto-Indo-European consonant *b, which was very rare. (To indicate or ascribe an attribute to): Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.
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