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.
clothes peg
1. pince à linge, épingle à linge
clothes peg
1. n. (UK, NZ) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.
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