Peg
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Peg
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1 n.
A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
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2 n.
A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
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3 n.
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
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4 n.
One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
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5 n.
A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
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6 v. t.
To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
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7 v. t.
To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
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8 v. i.
To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
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9 n.
A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
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10 n.
A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
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11 n.
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
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12 n.
One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
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13 n.
A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
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14 v. t.
To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
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15 v. t.
To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
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16 v. i.
To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.