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peg  (pg)

n.

1.

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.

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[Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch.]

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peg

Noun

1. a small pin or bolt used to join two parts together, to fasten, or to mark

2. a hook or knob for hanging things on

3. Music a pin on a stringed instrument which can be turned to tune the string wound around it

4. Also called: (clothes peg) a split or hinged pin for fastening wet clothes to a line to dry

5. Brit a small drink of spirits

6. an opportunity or pretext for doing something: the play's subject matter provides a perfect peg for a discussion of issues like morality and faith

7. bring or take (someone) down a peg to lower the pride of (someone)

8. off the peg Brit & NZ (of clothes) ready-to-wear, as opposed to tailor-made

Verb

[pegging, pegged]

1. to insert a peg into

2. to secure with pegs: the balloon was pegged down to stop it drifting away

3. to mark (a score) with pegs, as in some card games

4. Chiefly Brit to work steadily: he pegged away at his job for years

5. to fix or maintain something, such as prices, at a particular level or value: a fixed rate mortgage, pegged at 9.6 per cent [Low Germanic pegge]

Thesaurus

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"

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peg

noun 1. pin, spike, rivet, skewer, dowel, spigot

verb 2. fasten, join, fix, secure, attach, make fast

verb 3. fix, set, control, limit, freeze

Translations

peg [pɛg] n → clavija;

(for coat etc) → gancho, colgador m;

(BRIT) (also: clothes peg) → pinza (= tent peg); estaca

vt [+ clothes] → tender [+ groundsheet]; fijar con estacas;

(fig) [+ wages, prices]; fijar

peg [pɛg] n → cheville f;

(for coat etc) → patère f;

(Brit) (also: clothes peg) → pince f à linge

vt [+ clothes] → accrocher;

(Brit) [+ groundsheet]; fixer (avec des piquets) (fig) [+ prices, wages]; contrôler, stabiliser

peg [pɛg] n (= hook, knob) → Haken m;

(Brit) (also: clothes peg) → Wäscheklammer f;

(also: tent peg) → Zeltpflock m, Hering m

vt [+ washing] → festklammern [+ prices]; festsetzen;

off the peg → von der Stange

peg [pɛg] n (= tent peg) → picchetto;

(for coat etc) → attaccapanni m inv;

(BRIT) (also: clothes peg) → molletta

vt [+ clothes] → appendere con le mollette;

(BRIT) [+ groundsheet]; fissare con i picchetti;

(fig) [+ prices, wages]; fissare, stabilizzare;

off the peg → confezionato/a

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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 나무못 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 걸이못 kablys, vagis vadzis, āķītis, pakaramais pepaku haak knagg haczyk cabide cui крючок vešiak kljuka kuka hängare, krok ตะขอ askı 衣勾 вішалка; гачок کھونٹي cái mắc 衣勾

3 (also ˈclothes-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 옷집게 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 kuivumaan accrocher לְחַזֵק בִּיתֵדוֹת खूंटी लगाना pričvrstiti,fiksirati rácsíptet menjepit festa með þvottaklemmum (stendere) とめる 옷집게로 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 ottaa luulot pois 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 콧대를 꺾다, 체면을 상실케 하다 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