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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.penوَتَدклечкаkolíkpløkder Pflockπασσαλίσκοςclavija, estacavaiمیخtappipiquetיָתֵדखूंटी, मेख, कीलkolčićpecekpatok, pasakpinni, titturpalettoくぎ나무못kuolelis, kaišt(el)ismietiņšpasakpinpinne, pluggkołek, zatyczkacavilhaţăruşколышекkolíkklinklinpinne, sprint, bultตะปูişaret çivisi, küçük kazık木或金屬釘，栓，樁кілочок; дерев'яний цвяхکھونٹاmiếng 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, haakمِشْجَبкукаvěšákknageder Kleiderhakenκρεμαστάριpercha, colgadorvarnگیره لباسkoukkupatèreמַסמֵרसहारा, अवसरklinfogaskait untuk menggantungkan bajusnagipiolo, (attaccapanni)掛け釘걸이못kablys, vagisvadzis, āķītis, pakaramaispepakuhaakknagghaczykcabidecuiкрючокvešiakkljukakukahängare, krokตะขอaskı衣勾вішалка; гачокکھونٹيcái mắc衣勾

3 (also ˈclothes-peg) a wooden or plastic clip for holding clothes etc to a rope while drying. pennetjieمِشْبَك أو مِسْمار خَشَبيщипкаkolíčektøjklemmedie Wäscheklammerμανταλάκιpinzapesupulkچوب لباسیpyykkipoikapince à lingeאֶטֶבखूंटीkukaruhaszárító csipeszpenjepit bajuþvottaklemmamolletta da bucato洗濯ばさみ옷집게segtukasknaģispenyepit bajuwasknijperklesklypeklamerkamolacârlig de rufeприщепкаštipeckljukica za periloštipaljkaklädnypaขอแขวนเสื้อผ้าmandal衣夾子прищепкаکپڑے سُکھانے کي کلپcái kẹp衣夹子

v – past tense, past participle pegged –

to fasten with a peg She pegged the clothes on the washing-line.ophangيُعَلِّق على مِشْبَكзакрепям с клечкаpověsithænge op med (tøj-)klemmeraufhängenκρεμώ με μανταλάκιαtenderpesupulgaga kinnitamaگیره زدن؛ با میخ محکم کردنripustaa kuivumaanaccrocherלְחַזֵק בִּיתֵדוֹתखूंटी लगानाpričvrstiti,fiksiratirácsíptetmenjepitfesta með þvottaklemmum(stendere)とめる옷집게로 고정시키다[]pritvirtinti (kuoleliu), prisegtinostiprināt ar mietiņu/knaģimenyidaivastpennen, met wasknijpers ophangenfeste med pinne/klypeprzymocować klamerkamiprendera agăţaзакреплять прищепкамиzavesiťobesitipričvrstitihänga upp med en klädnypa (klädnypor)ตรึงmandallamak用木釘釘，固定прикріпляти прищепкоюکپڑے لٹکاناkẹp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.vernederيُذِلُّ، يَحُطُّ من قَدْرскастрямsrazit někomu hřebínekpille nedjemanden von seinem hohen Roß herunterholenβάζω κπ. στη θέση τουbajar los humos a alguien(kellelegi) nina peale andmaسر جای خود نشاندنottaa luulot poisremettre (qqn) à sa placeלְהַעֲמִידוֹ בִּמקוֹמוֹअवमानित करना, झिड़कनाpostati skromniji,poniznijileszállít vkit a magas lórólmembuat rendah hatilækka rostann í; auðmÿkja(fare abbassare la cresta)やり込める콧대를 꺾다, 체면을 상실케 하다nusodintiaplauzt kādam degunu; noņemt lielībumengajar ssoiemand een toontje lager doen zingenjekke (noen) ned et hakk (eller to)utrzeć (komuś) nosafazer baixar a cristaa pune pe cineva la locul luiсбить спесь с (кого-л.)zraziť niekomu hrebienokpostaviti na pravo mestospustiti nekoga na zemljutvinga ngn att stämma ner tonen, sätta ngn på platsทำให้สงบเสงี่ยมhavasını indirmek, küçük düşürmek殺某人的威風осадитиاونٹ کو پہاڑ کے نيچے لاناlàm cho ai hết vênh váo杀某人的威风