peg /peg/

1. A pin (esp of wood)
2. A fixture for hanging a hat or coat on
3. A pin for tuning a string (music)
4. A small stake for securing tent ropes, or marking a position, boundary claim, etc
5. A pin for scoring, as in cribbage
6. A pin in a cup to show how far down one may drink
7. Hence a drink measure, esp of brandy and soda
8. A degree or step
9. A set level applied to eg an exchange rate or a price (economics)
10. A wooden or other pin used in shoemaking
11. A turtle harpoon
12. A clothes-peg
13. A cricket stump
14. A piton
15. A peg-top
16. A wooden leg (informal)
17. A leg (informal)
18. A poke or thrust (dialect or slang)
19. A theme (figurative)

1. To fasten, mark, score, furnish, pierce, or strike with a peg or pegs
2. To insert or fix like a peg
3. To pin down
4. (usu with as) to classify, categorize
5. To score (as at cribbage)
6. To keep from falling or rising by buying or selling at a fixed price (stock exchange)
7. To hold (prices, pensions, etc) at a fixed level, or directly related to the cost of living
8. To stabilize
9. To drive (a coach, etc) (obs sl)
10. To throw or target

1. (usu with away) to keep on working assiduously
2. To make one's way vigorously

pegged adjective

peggˈing noun

pegˈboard noun

A board having holes into which pegs are placed, used for playing and scoring in games or for display or storage purposes

pegˈbox noun

Part of the head of a musical instrument in which the pegs are inserted

peg leg noun (informal)

1. A simple wooden leg
2. A person with a wooden leg

pegˈ-tankˈard noun

A drinking vessel having each one's share marked off by a knob

pegˈ-top noun

1. A spinning top with a metal point, spun by winding a string round it and suddenly throwing it
2. (in pl) trousers narrowing at the ankles

adjective

Shaped like a top

a peg too low

1. Tipsy
2. Depressed

off the peg

1. Of a garment, (bought) ready to wear from an already-existing stock
2. Of an item, (bought) ready to use, not purpose-built
3. Not adjusted to suit the circumstances, etc (figurative) (offˈ-the-pegˈ adjective)

peg back

(in sport, esp racing) to gain an advantage over an opponent

peg down

To restrict (someone) to an admission, following a certain course of action

peg out

1. (in croquet) to finish by driving the ball against the peg
2. (in cribbage) to win by pegging the last hole before show of hands
3. To mark off with pegs
4. To become exhausted, be ruined, or die (slang)

round peg in a square hole or square peg in a round hole

A person who is unsuited to the particular position he or she occupies

take down a peg (or two)

To bring down, deflate, humiliate or humble

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