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peg (p

a. A small cylindrical or tapered pin, as of wood, used to fasten things or plug a hole.

b. A similar pin forming a projection that may be used as a support or boundary marker.

2. Music One of the pins of a stringed instrument that are turned to tighten or slacken the strings so as to regulate their pitch.

3. A degree or notch, as in estimation: Our opinion of him went up a few pegs after he did the dishes.

4. Chiefly British A drink of liquor.

5. Baseball A low and fast throw made to put a base runner out.

6. Informal A leg, especially a wooden one.

v. pegged, peg·ging, pegs

v.tr.

1. To fasten or plug with a peg or pegs.

2. To designate or mark by means of a peg or pegs.

3. To fix (a price) at a certain level or within a certain range.

4. Informal To classify; categorize: I pegged her as an opportunist. Why do you have me pegged as the rowdy one?

5. Informal To throw.

v.intr.

To work steadily; persist: pegged away until our luck turned.

Idiom:

take (someone) down a peg

To reduce the pride of; humble.

[Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch.]

peg [pɛg]

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a small cylindrical pin or dowel, sometimes slightly tapered, used to join two parts together

2. a pin pushed or driven into a surface: used to mark scores, define limits, support coats, etc.

3. Music any of several pins passing through the head (peg box) of a stringed instrument, which can be turned so as to tune strings wound around them See also pin [11]

4. Also called clothes peg Brit a split or hinged pin for fastening wet clothes to a line to dry US and Canadian equivalent clothespin

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Informal a person's leg

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Northern English dialect a tooth

7. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Brit a small drink of wine or spirits, esp of brandy or whisky and soda

8. an opportunity or pretext for doing something a peg on which to hang a theory

9. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) a mountaineering piton

10. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Croquet) Croquet a post that a player's ball must strike to win the game

11. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) Angling a fishing station allotted to an angler in a competition, marked by a peg in the ground

12. Informal a level of self-esteem, importance, etc. (esp in the phrases bring or take down a peg)

13. Informal See peg leg

(Clothing & Fashion)

off the peg Chiefly Brit (of clothes) ready to wear, as opposed to tailor-made

vb pegs, pegging, pegged

1. (tr) to knock or insert a peg into or pierce with a peg

2. (tr; sometimes foll by down) to secure with pegs to peg a tent

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) Mountaineering to insert or use pitons

4. (Group Games / Card Games) (tr) to mark (a score) with pegs, as in some card games

5. (tr) Informal to aim and throw (missiles) at a target

6. (intr; foll by away, along, etc.) Chiefly Brit to work steadily he pegged away at his job for years

7. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) (tr) to stabilize (the price of a commodity, an exchange rate, etc.) by legislation or market operations See also peg down, peg out

[from Low Germanic pegge]

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Noun	1.	peg - a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface nog pin - a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things golf tee, tee - a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground tent peg - a peg driven into the ground to hold a rope supporting a tent treenail, trenail, trunnel - a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast
	2.	peg - small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. pin marking, mark, marker - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
	3.	peg - informal terms for the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" pin, stick leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
	4.	peg - a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg pegleg, wooden leg, leg prosthesis, prosthetic device - corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body
	5.	peg - regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument regulator - any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. stringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
	6.	peg - a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing oarlock, rowlock, thole, tholepin, pin dinghy, dory, rowboat - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled holder - a holding device; "a towel holder"; "a cigarette holder"; "an umbrella holder"
Verb	1.	peg - succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" nail down, nail bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, win, come through - attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
	2.	peg - pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into pierce, thrust - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
	3.	peg - fasten or secure with a wooden pin; "peg a tent" peg down attach - cause to be attached narrow down, pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow, specify - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
	4.	peg - stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar" stabilize, stabilise - make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"

peg

noun

pin, spike, rivet, skewer, dowel, spigot He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.

verb

1. fasten, join, fix, secure, attach, make fast trying to peg a sheet on to the washing line

2. fix, set, control, limit, freeze The bank wants to peg interest rates at 9%.

take or bring someone down a peg (or two) humble, humiliate, put down (slang), deflate, chasten, mortify, bring low, take the wind out of (someone's) sails It's time she was brought down a peg or two.

Translations

peg [peg]

A. N

1. (in ground, tent peg) → estaca f; (= clothes peg) → pinza f, broche m (LAm) (Mus) (= tuning peg) → clavija f; (in board game) → ficha f; (in barrel) → estaquilla f (Croquet) → piquete m (Climbing) → clavija f
to take or bring sb down a peg (or two) → bajar los humos or el copete a algn
see also square B1

2. (for coat, hat) → gancho m, colgador m
off the peg (Brit) → confeccionado, de confección
an off-the-peg suit → un traje confeccionado or de confección
he always buys clothes off the peg → siempre compra ropa confeccionada or de confección

3. (= pretext) → pretexto m
use the new law as a peg for the question → utiliza la nueva ley como pretexto para hacer la pregunta
a peg on which to hang a theory → un punto de apoyo para justificar una teoría

B. VT

1. (= secure) (gen) → fijar; [+ clothes] (on line) → tender; [+ tent] → fijar con estacas, sujetar con estacas
see also peg out

2. (fig)

2.1. (= fix) [+ prices, wages] → fijar, estabilizar (at, to en) the Bank wants to peg rates at 9% → el banco quiere fijar or estabilizar las tasas en el 9%

2.2. (= link) → vincular (to a) they continue to peg their currencies to the dollar → siguen vinculando su moneda al dólar

2.3. (= categorize) [+ person] → encasillar
here you're pegged by what you wear → aquí te encasillan por la ropa que llevas
his accent pegged him as an Englishman → su acento lo delataba como inglés

2.4. to peg one's hopes on sth → depositar or cifrar sus esperanzas en algo

C. CPD peg leg N → pata f de palo

peg away VI + ADV → machacar
just keep pegging away until you feel more confident → sigue machacando hasta que te sientas más seguro
to peg away at sth → machacar algo, darle duro a algo

peg back VT + ADV Villa were pegged back to a 1-1 draw → Villa perdió su ventaja y terminó empatado a uno

peg down VT + ADV

1. (= fasten down) [+ tent] → fijar con estacas, sujetar con estacas

2. (= force to agree) I pegged him down to saying how much he wanted for it → conseguí que me dijera exactamente por cuánto lo quería vender
I pegged him down to £10 an hour → conseguí que aceptara 10 libras por hora

peg out

A. VI + ADV (= die) → estirar la pata; (= collapse) → caerse redondo

B. VT + ADV (= mark out) [+ area] → marcar con piquetes; (= secure) → sujetar or fijar con estacas; (= hang out) [+ clothes] → tender(con pinzas)

peg [ˈpɛg]

(used to hold two things together) → cheville f

(for coat) → patère f

(British) (also clothes peg) → pince f à linge

to be brought down a peg, to be taken down a peg [person] → être remis(e) à sa place
to take sb down a peg or two → remettre qn à sa place

[+ clothes] → accrocher
to peg the washing on the line → étendre le linge sur la corde

(British) [+ groundsheet] → fixer (avec des piquets)

[+ prices, wages] → contrôler, stabiliser
to peg sth at sth [+ price, rate, level, amount] → fixer qch à qch
The bank wants to peg interest rates at 4% → La banque veut fixer les taux d'intérêt à 4%.
to peg sth to sth [+ currency] → fixer le cours de qch par rapport à qch
The peso is pegged to the dollar → Le cours du peso est fixé par rapport au dollar.

peg back

vt sep [+ opponent] → revenir sur

peg

n (= stake) → Pflock m; (= tent peg also) → Hering m; (for pegboard, wood joints, in games) → Stift m; (of musical instrument) → Wirbel m; (Brit: = clothes peg) → (Wäsche)klammer f; (= hook, for mountaineering) → Haken m; (in barrel) → Zapfen m, → Spund m; off the peg → von der Stange; a peg of rum etc → ein Gläschen nt → Rum etc; to take or bring somebody down a peg or two (inf) → jdm einen Dämpfer geben; a (convenient) peg on which to hang one’s prejudices etc → ein guter Aufhänger für seine Vorurteile etc

(= fasten) (with stake) → anpflocken; (with clothes peg) → anklammern; (to pegboard) → anheften; (with tent peg) → festpflocken

(= mark out) area → abstecken

(fig) prices, wages → festsetzen; to have somebody pegged (as something) (inf) → jdn (als etw) abstempeln

peg [pɛg]

1. n (for tent) → picchetto (Brit) (also clothes peg) → molletta; (for coat, hat) → attaccapanni m inv
to take sb down a peg (or two) → far abbassare la cresta a qn
a peg on which to hang a theory → un pretesto per presentare una teoria

2. vt (clothes) → appendere con le mollette; (groundsheet, tent) → fissare con i picchetti (fig) (prices, wages) → fissare, stabilizzare

peg away vi + adv to peg away at sth (fam) → incaponirsi su qc

peg down vt + adv (tent) → fissare con i picchetti

peg out vi + adv (fam) (die) → crepare, tirare le cuoia

peg [pɛg]

2. vt (clothes) → appendere con le mollette; (groundsheet, tent) → fissare con i picchetti (fig) (prices, wages) → fissare, stabilizzare

peg away vi + adv to peg away at sth (fam) → incaponirsi su qc

peg down vt + adv (tent) → fissare con i picchetti

peg out vi + adv (fam) (die) → crepare, tirare le cuoia

peg

n peg [peg]

1 a usually short, not very thick, piece of wood, metal etc used to fasten or mark something There were four pegs stuck in the ground. pen وَتَد клечка kolík pløk der Pflock πασσαλίσκος clavija, estaca vai میخ tappi piquet יָתֵד खूंटी, मेख, कील kolčić pecek patok, pasak pinni, tittur paletto くぎ 말뚝 kuolelis, kaišt(el)is mietiņš pasak pin pinne, plugg kołek, zatyczka cavilha ţăruş колышек kolík klin klin pinne, sprint, bult ตะปู işaret çivisi, küçük kazık 木或金屬釘，栓，樁 кілочок; дерев'яний цвях کھونٹا miếng gỗ/ thép 木或金属钉，栓，桩

2 a hook on a wall or door for hanging clothes etc on Hang your clothes on the pegs in the cupboard. pen, haak مِشْجَب кука věšák knage der Kleiderhaken κρεμαστάρι percha, colgador varn گیره لباس koukku patère מַסמֵר सहारा, अवसर klin fogas kait untuk menggantungkan baju snagi piolo, (attaccapanni) 掛け釘 옷걸이 kablys, vagis vadzis, āķītis, pakaramais pepaku haak knagg haczyk cabide cui крючок vešiak kljuka kuka hängare, krok ตะขอ askı 衣鉤 вішалка; гачок کھونٹي cái mắc 衣勾

3 (alsoˈclothes-peg) a wooden or plastic clip for holding clothes etc to a rope while drying. pennetjie مِشْبَك أو مِسْمار خَشَبي щипка kolíček tøjklemme die Wäscheklammer μανταλάκι pinza pesupulk چوب لباسی pyykkipoika pince à linge אֶטֶב खूंटी kuka ruhaszárító csipesz penjepit baju þvottaklemma molletta da bucato 洗濯ばさみ 빨래집게 segtukas knaģis penyepit baju wasknijper klesklype klamerka mola cârlig de rufe прищепка štipec kljukica za perilo štipaljka klädnypa ขอแขวนเสื้อผ้า mandal 衣夾子 прищепка کپڑے سُکھانے کي کلپ cái kẹp 衣夹子

v – past tense, past participle pegged –

to fasten with a peg She pegged the clothes on the washing-line. ophang يُعَلِّق على مِشْبَك закрепям с клечка pověsit hænge op med (tøj-)klemmer aufhängen κρεμώ με μανταλάκια tender pesupulgaga kinnitama گیره زدن؛ با میخ محکم کردن ripustaa accrocher לְחַזֵק בִּיתֵדוֹת खूंटी लगाना pričvrstiti,fiksirati rácsíptet menjepit festa með þvottaklemmum (stendere) とめる 집게로 고정시키다 pritvirtinti (kuoleliu), prisegti nostiprināt ar mietiņu/knaģi menyidai vastpennen, met wasknijpers ophangen feste med pinne/klype przymocować klamerkami prender a agăţa закреплять прищепками zavesiť obesiti pričvrstiti hänga upp med en klädnypa (klädnypor) ตรึง mandallamak 用木釘釘，固定 прикріпляти прищепкою کپڑے لٹکانا kẹp 用木钉钉，固定

take (someone) down a peg (or two)

to make (a proud person) more humble We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two. verneder يُذِلُّ، يَحُطُّ من قَدْر скастрям srazit někomu hřebínek pille ned jemanden von seinem hohen Roß herunterholen βάζω κπ. στη θέση του bajar los humos a alguien (kellelegi) nina peale andma سر جای خود نشاندن palauttaa jk maan pinnalle remettre (qqn) à sa place לְהַעֲמִידוֹ בִּמקוֹמוֹ अवमानित करना, झिड़कना postati skromniji,ponizniji leszállít vkit a magas lóról membuat rendah hati lækka rostann í; auðmÿkja (fare abbassare la cresta) やり込める 자만심을 꺾다 nusodinti aplauzt kādam degunu; noņemt lielību mengajar sso iemand een toontje lager doen zingen jekke (noen) ned et hakk (eller to) utrzeć (komuś) nosa fazer baixar a crista a pune pe cineva la locul lui сбить спесь с (кого-л.) zraziť niekomu hrebienok postaviti na pravo mesto spustiti nekoga na zemlju tvinga ngn att stämma ner tonen, sätta ngn på plats ทำให้สงบเสงี่ยม havasını indirmek, küçük düşürmek 殺某人的威風 осадити اونٹ کو پہاڑ کے نيچے لانا làm cho ai hết vênh váo 杀某人的威风

peg → وتد spojovací kolík knage Dübel κρεμάστρα pinza nasta pince kuka molletta ペグ 못 pin nagle kołek mola, prendedor колышек pinne ไม้หนีบผ้า kanca cái chốt 销子

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