1. n. The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.
2. v. (US, slang) To walk.
3. v. (cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
linchpin
linchpin
1. n. A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle, so as to secure a wheel.
2. n. (figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.
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.
1. n. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
2. n. A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
3. n. (construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may fastened to it.
4. v. To fasten together with dowels.
5. v. To furnish with dowels.
A cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
wall plug
1. n. (Constr) Cheville (2).
wall plug
1. n. (UK) A fixing that allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls, a dowel or screw anchor.
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