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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
peg \peg\ pe^g, v. t. imp. p. p. pegged; p. pr. vb.
n. pegging.
1. to put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to
peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit
closely.
1913 webster
i will rend an oak
and peg thee in his knotty entrails. --shak.
1913 webster
2. cribbage to score with a peg, as points in the game; as,
she pegged twelwe points. colloq.
1913 webster
3. to identify; to recognize; as, she pegged him as a good
carpenter; he was pegged as a blowhard as soon as he
started speaking; he was pegged as a exceptional player
even in high school.
pjc
4. baseball to throw a ball; as, he pegged the runner out
at second.
pjc
see also:
pegged pegging
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pegged \pegged\ pe^gd, a.
tapering toward teh bottom; as, pegged pants.
pjc
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
peg
n 1: a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface syn: nog
2: small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or
define locations etc. syn: pin
3: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his
sticks" syn: pin, stick
4: a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg syn: wooden leg,
leg, pegleg
5: regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the
strings of a stringed instrument
6: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing syn: pin,
thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock
v 1: succeed in obtaining a position; "he nailed down a spot at
harvard" syn: nail down, nail
2: pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin
into into
3: fasten or secure with a wooden pin; "peg a tent" syn: peg
down
4: stabilize the price of a commodity or an exchange rate by
legislation or market operations; "the weak currency was
pegged to the us dollar"
also: pegging, pegged
see also:
nog pin stick wooden leg leg pegleg
thole tholepin rowlock oarlock nail down
nail peg down pegging pegged
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pegged
see peg
see also:
peg
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