PEG
\pˈɛɡ], \pˈɛɡ], \p_ˈɛ_ɡ]\
Definitions of PEG
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
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a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
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regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
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stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar"
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pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into into
By Princeton University
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a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
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a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
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regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
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stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar"
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fasten or secure with a peg; "peg a tent"
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pierce with a peg; knock or thrust a peg into
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.
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A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
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A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
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One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
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One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
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To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
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A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg.
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To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; - usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
By Oddity Software
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A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.
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A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
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A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
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One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
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One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
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To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
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A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase To take one down peg.
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To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; - usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
By Noah Webster.
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A small pointed wooden pin; a piece of wood serving as a nail.
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To fasten with small wooden pins; to mark by driving in small stakes of wood.
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To work steadily; as, to peg a way at a task.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A wooden pin for fastening boards, etc.: one of the pins of a musical instrument.
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To fasten with a peg:-pr.p. pegging; pa.t. and pa.p. pegged.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A small pointed chip of wood used as a pin or nail; one of the movable pins of an instrument by which the strings are strained.
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To fasten with pegs.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Greek] A wooden nail or pin used in fastening boards and other woodwork; a pin in a musical instrument serving to tighten or strain the strings;—a nail or pin on which to hang any thing, as cloths, &c.;—a familiar name for Margaret.
