peg

¹peg

noun \ˈpeg\

Definition of PEG

1

a : a small usually cylindrical pointed or tapered piece (as of wood) used to pin down or fasten things or to fit into or close holes : pin, plug

b British : clothespin

c : a predetermined level at which something (as a price) is fixed

2

a : a projecting piece used as a support or boundary marker

b : something (as a fact or issue) used as a support, pretext, or reason <a news peg for the story>

3

a : one of the movable wooden pegs set in the head of a stringed instrument (as a violin) that are turned to regulate the pitch of the strings — see violin illustration

b : a step or degree especially in estimation

4

: a pointed prong or claw for catching or tearing

5

British : drink <poured himself out a stiff peg — Dorothy Sayers>

6

: something (as a leg) resembling a peg

7

: throw; especially : a hard throw in baseball made in an attempt to put out a base runner

Examples of PEG

1. Her coat hung on a peg by the door.
2. <took the arrogant student down a peg>

Origin of PEG

Middle English pegge, probably from Middle Dutch

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to PEG

Synonyms

chapter, cut, grade, inch, notch, degree, phase, place, point, stage, step

Related Words

angle, aspect, facet, side; amount, measure, plane; decrement, increment

Rhymes with PEG

beg, dreg, egg, gleg, keg, leg, reg, skeg, yegg

²peg

verb

peggedpeg·ging

Definition of PEG

transitive verb

1

a : to put a peg into

b British : to pin (laundry) on a clothesline

2

: to attach or fix as if with a peg: as

a : to pin down : restrict

b : to fix or hold (as prices or wage increases) at a predetermined level or rate

c : to place in a definite category : identify <was pegged as an intellectual>

3

: to mark by pegs

4

: throw

intransitive verb

1

: to work steadily and diligently —often used with away

2

: to move along vigorously or hastily : hustle

Examples of PEG

1. Is the tent pegged down all the way?
2. peg the price of wheat at its current level
3. His bonus is pegged to how many sales he makes each year for the company.

First Known Use of PEG

1543

Related to PEG

Synonyms

assort, break down, categorize, class, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, classify, place, range, rank, relegate, separate, sort, type

Related Words

array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, systematize; alphabetize, catalog (or catalogue), file, index, list, refer; pigeonhole, shelve; identify, recognize; cull, screen, set, sieve, sift, winnow; clump, cluster, colligate; recategorize, reclassify, regroup; subcategorize

Near Antonyms

confuse, disarrange, jumble, lump, mix (up), scramble; misclassify, missort, mistype

³peg

adjective

Definition of PEG

: wide at the top and narrow at the bottom <peg pants>

Variants of PEG

peg or pegged

First Known Use of PEG

1681

PEG

abbreviation

Definition of PEG

polyethylene glycol

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