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[ keg ] / kɛg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR keg ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters). a unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds (45 kilograms), used for nails. Also kegger. a keg party; beer bust. Origin of keg1585–95; earlier cag<Old Norse kaggiWords nearby kegkeffiyeh, kefir, Keflavík, Keflex, keftedes, keg, Kegel exercise, Kegel exercises, kegler, kegling, keg party Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for kegFor the senior senator from Louisiana, the lasting image from her fourth Senate campaign will be a keg stand. Mary Landrieu-Bill Cassidy Louisiana Senate Race Heads to a Runoff|Tim Mak|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Not her own—but Landrieu did provide an assist to a man doing a keg stand at Louisiana State University. Mary Landrieu-Bill Cassidy Louisiana Senate Race Heads to a Runoff|Tim Mak|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST He also crashes parties in Williamsburg and is skilled at tapping a keg. Bill Murray Crashes Karaoke and More Crazy Moments|The Daily Beast|January 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST Chasing a group of teens off a keg in the woods is what usually passes for an exciting day for the Springfield police. The GPS Murderer|Jeff Deeney|July 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He stumbled along to a corner of the wareroom where he slumped on a keg of nails. Blue Ridge Country|Jean Thomas You never heard of any one searching the cellar of that man's house for a keg of dynamite. Brave Men and Women|O.E. Fuller I saw a keg floating in the wake of our ship just a little while ago. Frontier Boys in the South Seas|Wyn Roosevelt Even the little Icelander; he loaded up his wagon with a keg of herrings—said they were best raw—and lumps of grindstone bread. The Mistress of Bonaventure|Harold Bindloss "The Keg of Butter" combines two of the Grimm stories, 2, 189. More Celtic Fairy Tales|Various
British Dictionary definitions for keg
nouna small barrel with a capacity of between five and ten gallons British - an aluminium container in which beer is transported and stored
- Also called: keg beer beer kept in a keg: it is infused with gas and served under pressure
Word Origin for kegC17: variant of Middle English kag, of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse kaggi cask Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with keg
see sitting on a powder keg. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to kegcask, drum, hogshead, pipe, butt, container, vat, firkin, tun, tub |