- peg⇄adj. peglike.
- peg⇄expr. a peg to hang (something) on, an occasion, pretext, or excuse for.
Ex. The chief use of a fact is as a peg to hang a thought on (Lancet). - peg⇄expr. off the peg, ready-made.
Ex. Clothes made in his workrooms are sold off the peg (Punch). - peg⇄expr. peg out,
a. to peg or pitch one's tent.
Ex. We are pegging out in a very comfortless spot (Harper's).
b. to die.
Ex. A fierce little piece bought to console the children after the dog pegged out (Punch).
c. to mark - peg⇄expr. take down a peg (or two), to lower the pride of; humble.
Ex. She took that proud girl down a peg or two. - peg⇄noun 1. a pin or small bolt of wood or metal, used to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to stop a hole, to make fast a rope or string, or to mark the score in a game.
Ex. Hang your coat on the peg in the wall. The head [of a violin] contain - peg⇄peg, noun, verb, pegged,pegging.
- peg⇄tuning pin orpeg
one of the pegs around which the strings of a stringed musical instrument are passed and which can be turned by the player to change the pitch of the note that each string produces. - peg⇄v.i. 1. (Informal.) to work hard; keep on energetically and patiently.
Ex. He pegged away at his studies so that he would get high marks.
2. to keep score by moving pegs, as in cribbage.
3. to hit a croquet peg with the ball. - peg⇄v.t. 1. to fasten or hold with pegs.
Ex. We must peg down our tent.
2. to mark with pegs.
3. to keep the price of (a commodity, stock, or other security) from going up or down.
Ex. to peg wheat at $1.56 a bushel.
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