Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense pegs, present participle pegging, past tense, past participle pegged
1. countable noun
A peg is a small hook or knob that is attached to a wall or door and is used for hanging things on.
His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
2. countable noun
A peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
[mainly British]regional note: in AM, usually use clothespin
3. countable noun
A peg is a small piece of wood or metal that is used for fastening something to somethingelse.
He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.
...the noise of the hammer striking the steel pegs.
Synonyms: pin, spike, rivet, skewer More Synonyms of peg
4. verb
If you peg something somewhere or peg it down, you fix it there with pegs.
...trying to peg a double sheet on a washing line on a blustery day. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves. [VERB noun with adverb]
...a tent pegged to the ground nearby for the kids. [V-ed prep]
Synonyms: fasten, join, fix, secure More Synonyms of peg
5. verb
If a price or amount of something is peggedat a particular level, it is fixed at that level.
Its currency is pegged to the dollar. [beVERB-ed + to]
U.K. trading profits were pegged at £40 million. [beV-ed + at]
It is difficult for banks to peg rates at record lows indefinitely. [VERB noun + at]
...a pegged European currency. [VERB-ed]
6. See also level pegging
7.
See be brought down a peg/be taken down a peg
8.
See off the peg
9.
See square peg in a round hole
Phrasal verbs:
See peg out
More Synonyms of peg
peg in British English
(pɛɡ)
noun
1.
a small cylindrical pin or dowel, sometimes slightly tapered, used to join two parts together
2.
a pin pushed or driven into a surface: used to mark scores, define limits, support coats, etc
3. music
any of several pins passing through the head (peg box) of a stringed instrument, which can be turned so as to tune strings wound around them
See also pin (sense 11)
4. Also called: clothes peg British
a split or hinged pin for fastening wet clothes to a line to dry
US and Canadian equivalent: clothespin
5. informal
a person's leg
6. Northern England dialect
a tooth
7. British
a small drink of wine or spirits, esp of brandy or whisky and soda
8.
an opportunity or pretext for doing something
a peg on which to hang a theory
9.
a mountaineering piton
10. croquet
a post that a player's ball must strike to win the game
11. angling
a fishing station allotted to an angler in a competition, marked by a peg in the ground
12. informal
a level of self-esteem, importance, etc (esp in the phrases bringortake down a peg)
13. informal peg leg
14. off the peg
verbWord forms: pegs, pegging or pegged
15. (transitive)
to knock or insert a peg into or pierce with a peg
16. (transitive; sometimes foll bydown)
to secure with pegs
to peg a tent
17. mountaineering
to insert or use pitons
18. (transitive)
to mark (a score) with pegs, as in some card games
19. (transitive) informal
to aim and throw (missiles) at a target
20. (intr; foll by away, along, etc) mainly British
to work steadily
he pegged away at his job for years
21. (transitive)
to stabilize (the price of a commodity, an exchange rate, etc) by legislation or market operations
Word origin
C15: from Low Germanic pegge
peg in American English
(pɛg)
noun
1.
a short, usually tapering or pointed piece of wood, metal, etc. used to hold partstogether or in place, or to close an opening, as in a barrel
2.
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.
3.
a.
the distance between pegs
b.
a step or degree
c.
a fixed level, as for a price
4.
any of the pins which hold, and are used in regulating the tension of, the strings of a violin or other stringed instrument
5.
a point or prong for tearing, hooking, etc.
6.
a point of reference, esp. an excuse or reason
7. Informal
the foot or leg
8. Informal
an act or instance of throwing; esp., a hard, accurate throw from a baseball fielder
9. British
clothespin
10. British, Informal
a drink, esp. of brandy or whiskey and soda
verb transitiveWord forms: pegged or ˈpegging
11.
to put a peg or pegs into so as to fasten, secure, mark, etc.
12.
to mark (a boundary, claim, etc.) with pegs
usually with out
13.
to strike with a peg so as to pierce or hook
14.
to maintain (prices, etc.) at a fixed level
15.
to score (points) in cribbage during the play of a hand
16. Informal
to give support, relevance, or perspective to (an idea, news story, etc.) by relating it to something else
17. Informal
to identify or categorize
pegged him as a man of action
18. Informal
to throw; esp., to throw forcefully
to peg a ball to first base
verb intransitive
19.
to score points in cribbage during the play of a hand
20.
to move energetically or quickly
usually with down, along, etc.
Idioms:
off the peg
peg away (at)
round peg in a square hole
take down a peg
Word origin
ME pegge, prob. < LowG source, as in Du peg, wooden plug < IE base *bak-, staff > L baculum, stick
peg in Finance1
(pɛg)
Word forms: (present) pegs, (past) pegged, (perfect) pegged, (progressive) pegging
verb
(Finance: Foreign exchange)
If a currency is pegged to another currency, or to gold, its price is fixed in relation to the price of that currency or to gold.
The trade-weight value of the dollar is the value of the dollar pegged to a market basket of selected foreign currencies.
Naturally, as the dollar appreciated relative to the yen, so did those currenciespegged to it.
If a currency is pegged to another currency, or to gold, its price is fixed in relation to the price of thatcurrency or to gold.
peg in Finance2
(pɛg) or price/earnings to growth ratio
Word forms: (regular plural) pegs
noun
(Finance: Investment, Stocks)
The peg ratio is a ratio that is used to decide the value of a stock, while taking into account earnings growth.
A high peg ratio indicates that the market is significantly more enthused about the growth prospectsof a company than are analysts.
The peg ratio for analyzing the value of stocks combines the forecast earnings for a stockas well as price and earnings.
The peg ratio is a ratio that is used to decide the value of a stock, while taking into accountearnings growth.
More idioms containing
peg
a peg on which to hang something
a square peg in a round hole
take someone down a peg or two
Examples of 'peg' in a sentence
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If he takes the early lead he will be hard to peg back.
The Sun (2016)
So the square peg has been ejected from the round hole.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We're having to put too many square pegs in round holes.
The Sun (2016)
His first selection is about as square pegs, square holes as you would expect.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Bangladesh dropped three catches during this phase, and needed their pace rather than spin bowlers to peg things back.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Three times the home side led, three times they were pegged back by a City side whoshowed the character to match their ability.
The Sun (2016)
I knew I was a square peg in a round pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They found it hard to peg their tents down.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The crude wooden peg had been used as a makeshift trigger to set off the deadly device.
The Sun (2008)
There are many reasons to keep the dollar peg.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That would peg back share prices in a big way.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This is where the value of a currency is pegged to the value of another.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You needed a big clothes peg for your nose!
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Always secure the membrane by hammering in metal pegs.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Hence currencies were pegged to the price of gold.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They are like tent pegs that will hold us fast in the storms of life.
Christianity Today (2000)
China is gradually releasing its currency from its dollar peg.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Cardiff knew they had their backs to the wall as they were pegged back.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Why else would he have that clothes peg on his nose?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It will also be more difficult to hammer in the tent pegs.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Metal pegs stop it blowing away and it folds away into a small storage bag when not in use.
The Sun (2012)
He was for the student of philosophy like the model skeleton who hangs on his peg in anatomy class.
Arthur Herman THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World (2002)
She recalls her anger at being given a wooden peg that fitted into a plastic cup at the thigh.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He fastened it together with wooden pegs and made the four wheels out of short piecesof a big tree trunk.
L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
The most effective way of ensuring that Greece retains the currency peg is twofold.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There it was, hanging from the peg.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The Labour leader said his first move would be emergency laws to peg prices.
The Sun (2014)
Of course, the dollar peg will be on the invisible agenda.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Solid enough although he was largely pegged back by City.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The sprung fibreglass poles pop into place, then all you have to do is knock a few pegs into the ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They only had 11 pegs so right away their focus wasn't on the game.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
peg
British English: peg /pɛɡ/ NOUN
A peg is a small hook or knob on a wall or door which is used for hanging things on.
He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.
American English: peg
Arabic: وَتَدٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: prendedor
Chinese: 销子
Croatian: kuka
Czech: věšák kolík
Danish: knage
Dutch: pin
European Spanish: pinza
Finnish: nasta
French: patère
German: Dübel
Greek: κρεμάστρα
Italian: molletta
Japanese: ペグ
Korean: 못
Norwegian: nagle
Polish: kołek
European Portuguese: mola
Romanian: cuier
Russian: колышек
Latin American Spanish: pinza
Swedish: pinne
Thai: ไม้หนีบผ้า
Turkish: kanca
Ukrainian: гачок
Vietnamese: móc treo
British English: peg VERB
If you peg something somewhere or peg it down, you fix it there with pegs.
...trying to peg a double sheet on a washing line on a blustery day.
American English: peg
Brazilian Portuguese: prender
Chinese: 用衣夹夹住
European Spanish: tender
French: accrocher
German: festklammern
Italian: appendere con mollette
Japanese: 固定する
Korean: 고정하다
European Portuguese: prender
Latin American Spanish: tender
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All related terms of 'peg'
peg box
the head of a stringed instrument, with several pegs that can be turned so as to tune strings wound around them
peg leg
A peg leg is an artificial leg made out of wood.
peg out
If someone pegs out , they are too exhausted to carry on with what they have been doing.
peg top
a child's spinning top, usually made of wood with a metal centre pin
peg down
to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules
peg pants
close-fitting trousers made of stretch fabric
tent peg
a peg used to hold down rope attached to a tent into the ground
clothes peg
A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
square peg
a person or thing that is a misfit , such as an employee in a job for which he or she is unsuited
toothy-peg
a word for tooth used in speaking to young children
crawling peg
a method of stabilizing exchange rates , prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
peg climbing
climbing that employs mechanical devices (aids) to accomplish difficult manoeuvres ( artificial moves)
off-the-peg
Off-the-peg clothes are made in large numbers and sent to shops , not made specially for a particular person.
peg away (at)
to work steadily and persistently (at)
take down a peg
to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
round peg in a square hole
a person in a position, situation , etc. for which he or she is unsuited or unqualified
square peg in a round hole
If you describe someone as a square peg in a round hole , you mean that they are in a situation or doing something that does not suit them at all.
a square peg in a round hole
If you describe someone as a square peg in a round hole , you mean that they are completely unsuitable for the job they are doing or the situation they are in.
a peg on which to hang something
a way of introducing or drawing attention to your ideas or opinions
take someone down a peg or two
to make someone who is behaving in an arrogant and unpleasant way realize that they are not as important or talented as they think
be brought down a peg/be taken down a peg
If you say that someone should be brought down a peg or be taken down a peg , you mean that they should be made to realize that they are not so important or wonderful as they think they are.