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Webster 1913 Edition

Peg

Peg

(pĕg)
,
Noun.
[OE.
pegge
; cf. Sw.
pigg
, Dan.
pig
a point, prickle, and E.
peak
.]
1.
A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.;
as, a shoe
peg
.
2.
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
.
3.
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
Shak.
4.
One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
5.
A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase “To take one down a peg.”
To screw papal authority to the highest
peg
.
Barrow.
And took your grandees down a
peg
.
Hudibras.

Peg

(pĕg)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pegged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pegging
.]
1.
To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs;
as, to
peg
shoes
; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
I will rend an oak
And
peg
thee in his knotty entrails.
Shakespeare
2.
(Cribbage)
To score with a peg, as points in the game;
as, she
pegged
twelwe points
.
[Colloq.]

Peg

,
Verb.
I.
To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; – usually with on, at, or away;
as, to
peg
away at a task
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Peg

PEG

,
Noun.
[This is probably from the root of L.pango, pactus; Gr. denoting that which fastens, or allied to beak and picket.]
1.
A small pointed piece of wood used in fastening boards or other work of wood, &c. It does the office of a nail. The word is applied only to small pieces of wood pointed; to the larger pieces thus pointed we give the name of pins, and pins in ship carpentry are called tree-nails or trenails. Coxe, in his travels in Russia, speaks of poles or beams fastened into the ground with pegs.
2.
The pins of an instrument on which the strings are strained.
3.
A nickname for Margaret.
To take a peg lower, to depress; to lower.

PEG

,
Verb.
T.
To fasten with pegs.

Definition 2024

Peg

Peg

See also: peg and PEG

English

Alternative forms

  • ’Peg (Winnipeg)

Proper noun

Peg

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Peggy and Margaret.
  2. (Canada, slang) The city of Winnipeg. Usually preceded by the.
    I just got back from the Peg.

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See also: Peg and PEG

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Noun

peg ‎(plural pegs)

  1. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
  2. Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its body to measure its body length.
  3. A protrusion used to hang things on.
    Hang your coat on the peg and come in.
  4. (figuratively) A support; a reason; a pretext.
    a peg to hang a claim upon
  5. (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
  6. (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold
  7. (Britain) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
    • Harper's Magazine
      This over, the club will be visited for a "peg," Anglice drink.
    • 1953, S. S. Field, The American drink book‎, page 65:
      The name had come to mean any aromatic essence of herbs by the time the first thirsty colonial poured a peg of Who-shot-John into his mint water.
  8. A place formally allotted for fishing
  9. (colloquial, dated) A leg or foot.
    • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2
      "Now I'm cleaned up for thee: tha's no 'casions ter stir a peg all day, but sit and read thy books."
  10. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
    • William Shakespeare: Othello, Act 2, Scene I:
      O, you are well tuned now!
      But I'll set down the pegs that make this music,
      As honest as I am.
    • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 4
      Did we form ourselves, choosing, and our powers? I find myself, for one, as a stringed instrument with chords and stops - but I have no power to turn the pegs, or pitch my thoughts to a higher or lower key.
  11. A step; a degree.
    • Barrow
      to **** papal authority to the highest peg
    • Hudibras
      We still have worsted all your holy tricks; / Trepann'd your party with intrigue, / And took your grandees down a peg […]
  12. Short for clothes peg.

Synonyms

  • (small quantity of strong liquor): shot

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Verb

peg ‎(third-person singular simple present pegs, present participle pegging, simple past and past participle pegged)

  1. To fasten using a peg.
    Let's peg the rug to the floor.
  2. 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.
  3. To fix a value or price.
    China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar.
  4. To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
  5. To throw.
  6. 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.)
    He's been pegged as a suspect.
    I pegged his weight at 165.
  7. (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
    She pegged twelve points.
  8. (slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge.
    We pegged the speedometer across the flats.
  9. (slang, typically in heterosexual contexts) To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a ****
    • 2007, Violet Blue, The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Strap-On Sex, ISBN 157344278X, page 32:
      When you're pegging him and he gets close to orgasm, you'll observe a number of physical signs […]

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Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paj/, [pʰɑjˀ]

Verb

peg

  1. imperative of pege

Middle English

Noun

peg

  1. peg

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛɡ/
  • Homophone: peg
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

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