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The Meaning of peg
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(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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(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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(n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
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(n.) One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
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(n.) A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase \"To take one down peg.\"
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(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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(v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
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(v. i.) To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
Synonyms
nog
,
pin
,
pin
,
stick
,
wooden leg
,
leg
,
pegleg
,
pin
,
thole
,
tholepin
,
rowlock
,
oarlock
,
nail down
,
nail
,
peg down
Homophones
pegg
Rhymes
beg
,
begg
,
bootleg
,
clegg
,
cregg
,
egg
,
egge
,
gegg
,
greg
,
gregg
,
hegg
,
hegge
,
imreg
,
keg
,
kreg
,
leg
,
legg
,
legge
,
meg
,
mpeg
,
neg
,
nutmeg
,
pegg
,
reg
,
segue
,
tegge
,
vegh