Peg meaning

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Peg is defined as to secure something or to identify or categorize.

An example of peg is to close the hole in a barrel.

An example of peg is for a child to blame his brother for breaking a lamp.

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The definition of a peg is a small, cylinder shaped piece used to fasten two things together or to plug a hole.

An example of peg is the object put in the hole in a barrel to keep the liquid inside.

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One of the pins of a stringed instrument that are turned to tighten or slacken the strings so as to regulate their pitch.
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A degree or notch, as in estimation.

Our opinion of him went up a few pegs after he did the dishes.

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A drink of liquor.
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A low and fast throw made to put a base runner out.
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A leg, especially a wooden one.
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To fasten or plug with a peg or pegs.
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To designate or mark by means of a peg or pegs.
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To fix (a price) at a certain level or within a certain range.
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To classify; categorize.

I pegged her as an opportunist. Why do you have me pegged as the rowdy one?

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To throw.
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To work steadily; persist.

Pegged away until our luck turned.

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A short, usually tapering or pointed piece of wood, metal, etc. used to hold parts together or in place, or to close an opening, as in a barrel.
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A projecting pin or bolt used to hang things on, fasten ropes to, mark degrees of measurement or keep the score in a game, etc.
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Any of the pins which hold, and are used in regulating the tension of, the strings of a violin or other stringed instrument.
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A point or prong for tearing, hooking, etc.
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A point of reference, esp. an excuse or reason.
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The foot or leg.
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An act or instance of throwing; esp., a hard, accurate throw from a baseball fielder.
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A drink, esp. of brandy or whiskey and soda.
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To put a peg or pegs into so as to fasten, secure, mark, etc.
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To mark (a boundary, claim, etc.) with pegs.
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To strike with a peg so as to pierce or hook.
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To fix (a price, etc.) at a particular level.
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To score (points) in cribbage during the play of a hand.
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To give support, relevance, or perspective to (an idea, news story, etc.) by relating it to something else.
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To identify or categorize.

Pegged him as a man of action.

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To throw; esp., to throw forcefully.

To peg a ball to first base.

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To score points in cribbage during the play of a hand.
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To move energetically or quickly.
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Polyethylene glycol.
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(chemistry) Polyethylene glycol.
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
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Price/earnings to growth ratio (PEG ratio)
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A diminutive of the female given names Peggy and Margaret.
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(Canada, slang) The city of Winnipeg. Usually preceded by the.

I just got back from the Peg.

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take (someone) down a peg
  • To reduce the pride of; humble.
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off the peg
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peg away (at)
  • To work steadily and persistently (at).
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round peg in a square hole
  • A person in a position, situation, etc. for which he or she is unsuited or unqualified.
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take down a peg
  • To lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit.
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

take (someone) down a peg
peg away (at)
round peg in a square hole

Origin of peg

  • Middle English pegge from Middle Dutch
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Peg Sentence Examples

  • He lifted his hat from a peg on the wall and shrugged into his coat.

  • He lifted his hat from the peg and clamped it on his head and then paused, one hand on the door while he studied her face.

  • The other supervisory lamp on the cord circuit is controlled in a similar manner by the subscriber who originated the call, and as that subscriber's telephone is off the hook when the peg is inserted, the lamp is not lighted at all until the subscriber replaces the receiver.

  • Let the chain be hauled in over a peg at A.

  • For dressing flat surfaces three wooden pegs (102) of equal length were used; a string was stretched between the tops of two, and the third peg was set on the point to be tested and tried against the string.

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