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| peg [ peg ] |
noun (plural pegs) |
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1. hook for hanging things: a hook or projecting piece of wood or metal that is attached to a surface such as a door or wall and used to hang things, especially clothes
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2. pin for fastening or marking something: a small piece of metal, plastic, or wood used to secure or mark something, or to join two parts together
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3. U.K.
Same as clothespin
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4. part of instrument for tuning: a screw or pin around which a string is wound in the head pegbox of a stringed instrument. The string can be tightened or loosened to raise or lower its pitch by turning the peg.
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5. reason for doing something: an excuse or reason for doing something, or a support for an argument
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6. degree or step: a degree, notch, or step, especially in somebody's opinion of a person or thing
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7. baseball fast throw: in baseball, a fast low throw of the ball that puts a base runner out
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8. leisure croquet pin: in croquet, a post that must be hit with a ball in order for a player to win the game
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transitive verb (past and past participle pegged, present participle peg·ging, 3rd person present singular pegs) |
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1. secure something with pegs: to fasten something with one or more pegs
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2. put peg in something: to insert a peg into something
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3. mark something with peg: to mark something such as the score in a game with a peg or pegs
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4. categorize somebody: to classify somebody or something, especially as having a particular character
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5. commerce fix something at certain level: to fix the cost or value of something at a particular level
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6. baseball throw baseball: in baseball, to throw a low and fast ball
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| [15th century. Probably < obsolete Dutch pegge] |
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a square peg in a round hole a person who is unsuited to the situation he or she is in
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bring or take somebody down a peg (or two) to make somebody more humble
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