Definition of pegs Pegs
/pɛˈgz/ - [pegz] -
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Wiktionary 
- pegs (Noun)
Plural of peg.
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NounPlural: pegs |
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| peg - a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface | ||
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| pin a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things | ||
| golf tee, tee a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground | ||
| tent peg a peg driven into the ground to hold a rope supporting a tent | ||
| peg - a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | ||
| pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock | ||
| holder a holding device; "a towel holder"; "a cigarette holder"; "an umbrella holder" | ||
| peg - regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument | ||
| regulator any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. | ||
| peg - small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. | ||
| pin | ||
| marker, marking, mark some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something; "the buoys were markers for the channel" | ||
| peg - a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg | ||
| wooden leg, leg, pegleg | ||
| peg - informal terms for the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" | ||
| pin, stick | ||
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| peg - pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into | ||
| pierce, thrust make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh" | ||
| peg - fasten or secure with a wooden pin; "peg a tent" | ||
| peg down | ||
| attach be attached; be in contact with | ||
| narrow down, peg down, nail down, pin down, narrow, specify succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" | ||
| 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" | ||
| stabilise, stabilize make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices" | ||
| peg - succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" | ||
| nail down, nail | ||
| deliver the goods, bring home the bacon, succeed, come through, win be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" | ||
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Wiktionary
- peg (Verb)
To fasten using a peg. - peg (Verb)
To affix or pin. - peg (Verb)
To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape. - peg (Verb)
To throw. - peg (Verb)
To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. - peg (Verb)
To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg. - peg (Verb)
To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge. - peg (Verb)
To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a dildo.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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. - peg (n.)
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. - peg (n.)
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. - peg (n.)
One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board. - peg (n.)
A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg." - 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. - peg (v. t.)
To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. - peg (v. i.)
To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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peg
A cylindrical wooden, metal etc. object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects. -
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A rod used to fasten two overlapping parts.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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peg
peg, n. a wooden pin for fastening boards, or the soles of shoes: one of the pins on which the strings of a musical instrument are stretched: a reason or excuse for action: a drink of soda-water with brandy, &c.: a degree or step.—v.t. to fasten with a peg: to keep up the market price by buying or selling at a fixed price: to make points during the game of cribbage before the show of hands.—v.i. to work with unremitting effort:—pr.p. peg′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. pegged.—ns. Peg′-fiched, an English game played with pegs or pointed sticks; Peg′-float, a machine for rasping away the ends of pegs inside shoes.—adj. Pegged, fashioned of, or furnished with, pegs.—ns. Peg′ging, the act of fastening with a peg: pegs collectively: a thrashing: determined perseverance in work; Peg′-leg, a wooden leg of the simplest form, or one who walks on such; Peg′-strip, a ribbon of wood cut to the width, &c., of a shoe-peg; Peg′-tank′ard, a drinking-vessel having each one's share marked off by a knob; Peg′-top, a child's plaything made to spin round by winding a string round it and then rapidly pulling it off: (pl.) a kind of trousers, wide at the top and narrow at the ankles.—adj. shaped like a top.—Peg away, to keep continually working.—Take down a peg, to take down, to humble. [Scand.; as in Dan. pig, a spike.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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peg
Old Peg; poor hard Suffolk or Yorkshire cheese. A peg is also a blow with a straightarm: a term used by the professors of gymnastic arts. A peg in the day-light, the victualling office, or the haltering-place; a blow in the eye, stomach, or under the ear.
