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peg
noun
- 1. A little shaft of wood, metal or plastic shaped for any of various fixing, fastening or marking uses.
2. A coat hook fixed to a wall, etc.
3. A wooden or plastic clip for fastening washing to a line to dry; a clothes peg.
4. A small stake for securing tent ropes, marking a position, boundary, etc.
5. Any of several wooden pins on a stringed instrument, which are turned to tune it.
6. A point of reference on which to base an argument, etc.
7. A pin for scoring, used eg in cribbage.
8. colloq
- A leg.
- A peg leg (sense 1).
- A drink of spirits.
- 1. To insert a peg into something.
2. To fasten something with a peg or pegs.
3. To set or freeze (prices, incomes, etc) at a certain level.
- Said of clothes: ready to wear; ready-made.
- A person who does not fit in well in their environment, job, etc.
- colloq
To humiliate them; to humble them.
- Thesaurus: humiliate, humble, criticize, embarrass, mortify.
Phrasal Verb: peg away at something
- To work steadily at it.
- In sport, especially racing: to gain an advantage over an opponent.
- To restrict them to an admission, following a certain course of action.
- To die.To become exhausted.To finish by driving the ball against the peg.To win by pegging the last hole before show of hands.
- To mark out (ground) with pegs.
