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    Peg
    /peɡ/

    noun

    • 1. a short cylindrical piece of wood, metal, or plastic, typically tapered at one end, that is used for holding things together, hanging things on, or marking a position.
    • 2. a point or limit on a scale, especially of exchange rates: "the Mexican peso, linked to the dollar by a crawling peg, was distinctly too high"

    verb

    • 1. fix or make fast with a peg or pegs: "drape individual plants with nets, pegging down the edges" Similar fixpinattachfasten
    • 2. fix (a price, rate, or amount) at a particular level. Similar hold downkeep downfixset
  2. Peg definition: a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.. See examples of PEG used in a sentence.

  3. Define peg. peg synonyms, peg pronunciation, peg translation, English dictionary definition of peg. abbr. polyethylene glycol 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...

  4. A peg is a bolt or pin that holds something in place or marks a location. When you use peg as a verb, it means to identify someone or something: "I pegged you as a word lover, the first time I laid eyes on you." A coat rack might consist of a line of wooden pegs, and you might also secure a tent by driving metal pegs into the ground to hold it ...

  5. 5 days ago · 1. countable noun. A peg is a small hook or knob that is attached to a wall or door and is used for hanging things on. His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen. 2. countable noun. A peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.

  6. a stick made of metal or wood that has a sharp end and which is used to fix something somewhere: a tent peg. peg. verb [ T ] uk / peɡ / us present participle pegging | past tense and past participle pegged. to fix the cost of borrowing money or the value of a country's money at a particular level:

  7. noun. /pɛɡ/ enlarge image. a short piece of wood, metal, or plastic used for holding things together, hanging things on, marking a position, etc. There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on. Mark the boundary with pegs. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

  8. n. Building a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point. Informal Terms a leg, either real or wooden: still on his pegs at 99. a notch or degree: to come down a peg.

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