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Meaning of 'peg' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Peg [ n.]
- A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe 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.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
- One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
- A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
2 . Peg [ v. i.]
- To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
3 . Peg [ v. t.]
- To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
- To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.

Meaning of 'peg' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . peg [ n]
Meaning (1):
- informal terms for the leg
Example in sentence:
  • fever left him weak on his sticks
2 . peg [ v]
Meaning (2):
- succeed in obtaining a position
Example in sentence:
  • He nailed down a spot at Harvard
Meaning (3):
- fasten or secure with a wooden pin
Example in sentence:
  • peg a tent
Meaning (4):
- stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
Example in sentence:
  • The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar

Nearby Words:

pegador pegasean pegasoid pegasus pegged pegger pegging pegm pegmatite pegmatitic

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