Definitions for Peg

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Peg peg

Spelling: [peg]

IPA: /pɛg/

Peg is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 10 anagrams from letters in Peg (egp).

Definitions for Peg

noun

1. a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
2. Informal. a leg, either real or wooden:
3. a notch or degree:
4. an occasion, basis, or reason:
5. Also called pin. Music. a pin of wood or metal in the neck of a stringed instrument that may be turned in its socket to adjust a string's tension.
6. Informal. a throw, especially in baseball:
7. news peg.
8. Economics. the level at which some price, exchange rate, etc., is set.
9. British, Indian English. an alcoholic drink, especially a whiskey or brandy and soda.
10. British. clothespin.
11. a female given name, form of Peggy.

Idioms

1. take down a peg, to reduce the pride or arrogance of; humble:

adjective

1. Also, pegged. tapered toward the bottom of the leg:

verb (used with object)

1. to drive or insert a peg into.
2. to fasten with or as with pegs.
3. to mark with pegs.
4. to strike or pierce with or as with a peg.
5. to keep (the commodity price, exchange rate, etc.) at a set level, as by manipulation or law.
6. Informal. to throw (a ball).
7. Journalism. to base (an article, feature story, etc.) upon; justify by (usually followed by on):
8. Informal. to identify:

verb (used without object)

1. to work or continue persistently or energetically:
2. Informal. to throw a ball.
3. Croquet. to strike a peg, as in completing a game.

Origin of Peg

1400-50; late Middle English pegge (noun), peggen (v.) Middle Dutch

Examples for Peg

In the other case the moving and steering was done by turning a peg.

And so the shaming of them, the public taking them down a peg or two, become moments to savor.

Shandy gave the bridle a swing, and it clattered to the floor from its peg.

His team routed the British and hence, at the Patiala peg, drinks are served in 75 ml glasses, compared to the standard 60 ml.

To “link up the beachheads and peg out claims well inland” was necessarily the first aim of Overlord.

Then, still softly and swiftly, he lifted the saddle from its peg and put it on its back.

Jacoby isn't quite so convincing to me on what such a view can offer at moments of great tragedy (her peg of course was Newtown).

I'll hang it back on the peg just now, but don't use it again fer a bit.

Phim sticks to it, too; tells me my peg is downright encouragement to the bacteria.

Chris Christie casts a big political shadow—but one Democrat has stepped up to try to take him down a peg.