peg

peg
peg1 [peg] n
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1¦(short stick)¦
2¦(hanging wet clothes)¦
3¦(tent)¦
4 take/bring somebody down a peg (or two)
5¦(musical instrument)¦
6 a peg to hang something on
7¦(drink)¦
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[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch pegge]
1.) ¦(SHORT STICK)¦
a short piece of wood, metal, or plastic that is attached to a wall or fits into a hole, used especially to hang things on or to fasten things together
▪ Sarah hung her coat on the peg.
▪ a table fitted together with pegs
▪ a pattern made with coloured pegs on a board
2.) ¦(HANGING WET CLOTHES)¦
BrE a small plastic or wooden object used to fasten wet clothes to a thin rope to dry
= ↑clothespeg
American Equivalent: clothespin
3.) ¦(TENT)¦
a pointed piece of wood or metal that you push into the ground in order to keep a tent in the correct position
4.) take/bring sb down a peg (or two)
to make someone realize that they are not as important or skilled as they think they are
▪ Evans is an arrogant bully who needs taking down a peg or two.
5.) ¦(MUSICAL INSTRUMENT)¦
a wooden screw used to make the strings of a ↑violin, ↑guitar etc tighter or looser
6.) a peg to hang sth on
BrE something that is used as a reason for doing, discussing, or believing something
▪ As a peg to hang it on, the tournament had the 100th anniversary of Nehru's birth.
7.) ¦(DRINK)¦
BrE old-fashioned a small amount of strong alcoholic drink, especially ↑whisky or ↑brandy
→square peg in a round hole at ↑square1 (12)
peg 2
peg2 past tense and past participle pegged present participle pegging
v [T]
1.) to set prices, wages etc at a particular level, or set them in relation to something else
peg sth at sth
▪ The dividend was pegged at 6.1p.
peg sth to sth
▪ a currency pegged to the American dollar
2.) to fasten something somewhere with a peg
▪ The tent flap was pegged open.
▪ Outside, a woman was pegging sheets to a washing line.
peg as [peg sb/sth as sth] phr v
to believe or say that someone has a particular type of character, or that a situation has particular qualities
▪ I'd had him pegged as a troublemaker.
peg away phr v
to work hard and with determination
peg away at
▪ She pegged away at her essay.
peg back [peg sb/sth<=>back] phr v
to stop someone from winning in a sport or from increasing the amount by which they are winning - used in news reports
▪ They were pegged back by an equaliser from Jameson.
peg out phr v
1.) BrE informal to die, or to fall down because you are tired
2.) peg sth<=>out
BrE to fasten wet clothes to a washing line to dry
3.) peg sth<=>out
to mark a piece of ground with wooden sticks

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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