peg | |
1. n. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects. | |
2. n. Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its body to measure its body length. | |
3. n. A protrusion used to hang things on. | |
Hang your coat on the peg and come in. | |
4. n. (figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext. | |
a peg to hang a claim upon | |
5. n. (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score. | |
6. n. (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold | |
7. n. (UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage. | |
8. n. A place formally allotted for fishing | |
9. n. (colloquial, dated) A leg or foot. | |
10. n. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. | |
11. n. A step; a degree. | |
12. n. Short for clothes peg. | |
13. v. To fasten using a peg. | |
Let's peg the rug to the floor. | |
14. v. To affix or pin. | |
I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board. | |
She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall. | |
15. v. To fix a value or price. | |
China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar. | |
16. v. To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape. | |
17. v. To throw. | |
18. v. To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.) | |
He's been pegged as a suspect. | |
I pegged his weight at 165. | |
19. v. (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg. | |
She pegged twelve points. | |
20. v. (slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge. | |
We pegged the speedometer across the flats. | |
21. v. (slang) To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a dildo. | |