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peg

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɡ/

The English word “peg” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
  2. A protrusion used to hang things on.
  3. A support; a reason; a pretext.
  4. A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
  5. A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
  6. A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
  7. A place formally allotted for fishing
  8. A leg or foot.
  9. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
  10. A step; a degree.
  11. A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
  12. A stump.
  13. The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
  14. A serving of brandy and soda.
  15. A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
  16. A shilling.
  17. An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.

verb

  1. To fasten using a peg.
  2. To affix or pin.
  3. To fix a value or price.

Etymology

From Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge (“pin, peg”), from Old Dutch *pigg-, *pegg-, from Proto-Germanic *pig-, *pag- (“peg, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (“club, pointed stick, peg”). Cognate with Dutch dialectal peg (“pin”), Low German pig, pigge (“peg, stick with a point”), Low German pegel (“post, stake”), Swedish pigg (“tooth, spike”), Danish pig (“spike”),…

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