peg
/peg/
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Definition
Noun:
- A small cylindrical pin or dowel: A "peg" is a short, usually wooden or plastic pin used to fasten things together, hang items, or mark positions.
- A hook or knob for hanging things: It can refer to a projecting piece, often on a wall, from which clothes or hats are hung.
- A prosthesis for a missing leg: (Informal) A "peg" can be a term for an artificial leg.
- A leg: (Informal, often plural: "pegs") A colloquial term for a human leg.
- A marker in a game: A small object, like a pin, used to mark a score or position on a board.
- A device for tightening or loosening strings: On a stringed instrument, a "peg" is a knob turned to adjust the tension and pitch of a string.
Verb:
- To fasten or secure with a peg: The action of using a peg to attach or hold something in place.
- To fix or stabilize a price or rate: To keep the value of something, like a currency, at a set level relative to another.
- To classify or identify someone: (Informal) To categorize or label a person in a specific way.
- To work persistently: To continue doing something with steady effort.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- She hung her coat on the peg by the door.
- He tightened the guitar string by turning the peg.
- The map had colored pegs to mark the visited cities.
- (Informal) After the hike, my tired pegs needed a rest.
Verb:
- They pegged the tent ropes to the ground.
- The central bank pegged the local currency to the euro.
- His friends pegged him as a future leader.
- She pegged away at her thesis for months.
Advanced Usage
"a peg to hang something on": A reason, excuse, or premise used to justify or support something.
- The scandal gave the opposition a peg to hang their criticism on.
"to take someone down a peg (or two)": To humble or deflate someone who is being arrogant.
- His defeat in the debate really took him down a peg.
"a square peg in a round hole": A person who is unsuited to their position or environment.
- He felt like a square peg in a round hole at the corporate law firm.
Variants and Related Words
- Clothes peg (UK) / Clothespin (US) (n): A small clip used to fasten laundry to a line.
- Pegboard (n): A board with holes for pegs, used for organizing tools or displaying items.
- Peg leg (n): A wooden artificial leg (historical/informal).
Synonyms
- Noun: Pin, dowel, hook, knob, stake.
- Verb: Fasten, secure, fix, stabilize, classify, plug away (at).
Related Phrasal Verbs
Peg away (at something): To work hard and steadily at a task.
- He's been pegging away at that report all week.
Peg out: (Informal, chiefly British)
- To mark a boundary with pegs.
- They pegged out the area for the new garden.
- To die or collapse from exhaustion.
- (Informal) After the marathon, I just pegged out on the sofa.
Related Idioms
Off the peg (UK) / Off the rack (US): Referring to clothes that are ready-made, not tailor-made.
- He bought his suit off the peg.
On the peg: (Military slang, historical) To be up for disciplinary action.
- The soldier was put on the peg for being late.
Noun
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- informal terms for the leg
- fever left him weak on his sticks
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
Verb
- stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
- The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar
- fasten or secure with a wooden pin
- peg a tent
- pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
- succeed in obtaining a position
- He nailed down a spot at Harvard