Peg Definition
pĕg
pegged, pegging, pegs
noun
pegs
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.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World
A similar pin forming a projection that may be used as a support or boundary marker.
American Heritage
The distance between pegs.
Webster's New World
A step or degree.
Webster's New World
verb
pegged, pegging, pegs
To score points in cribbage during the play of a hand.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World
To strike with a peg so as to pierce or hook.
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To move energetically or quickly.
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abbreviation
Polyethylene glycol.
American Heritage Medicine
(chemistry) Polyethylene glycol.
Wiktionary
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
Wiktionary
Price/earnings to growth ratio (PEG ratio)
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pronoun
A diminutive of the female given names Peggy and Margaret.
Wiktionary
(Canada, slang) The city of Winnipeg. Usually preceded by the.
I just got back from the Peg.
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idiom
take (someone) down a peg
- To reduce the pride of; humble.
American Heritage
peg away (at)
- to work steadily and persistently (at)
Webster's New World
round peg in a square hole
- a person in a position, situation, etc. for which he or she is unsuited or unqualified
Webster's New World
take down a peg
- to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Peg
- take (someone) down a peg
- off the peg
- peg away (at)
- round peg in a square hole
- take down a peg
Origin of Peg
Middle English pegge from Middle Dutch
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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