Meaning

13 senses

  1. (transitive)To fasten using a peg.

    Let's peg the rug to the floor.

    klammern

    fasten or secure with a wooden pin

  2. (transitive)To affix or pin.

    I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board.

    She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall.

    anklammern

  3. (transitive)To fix a value or price.

    China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar.

  4. (transitive)To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.

  5. (slang, transitive)To throw.

    werfen

  6. (transitive)To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.

  7. (slang, transitive)To indicate or ascribe an attribute to; to classify or pigeonhole someone.

    He's been pegged as a suspect.

    I pegged his weight at 165.

    schätzen, einordnen

  8. To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.

    She pegged twelve points.

    schätzen

  9. (slang, transitive)To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).

    We pegged the speedometer across the flats.

  10. (slang, transitive)To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.

  11. (intransitive)To keep working hard at something; to peg away.

  12. (archaic, slang)To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.

Examples

68 sentences

  1. I hung my hat on the peg.

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  2. I need to buy some tent pegs.

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  3. You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

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  4. Have you ever pegged your clothes up on the balcony?

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  5. The Swiss franc is pegged to the euro.

    ruШвейцарский франк привязан к евро. — Wezel

    deDer Schweizer Franken ist an den Euro gekoppelt. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to fasten using a peg:
to affix or pin:
to throw:
to indicate or ascribe an attribute to:

Origin

From Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge (“pin, peg”), from Old Dutch *pigg-, *p

From Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge (“pin, peg”), from Old Dutch *pigg-, *pegg-, from Proto-Germanic *pig-, *pag- (“peg, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (“club, pointed stick, peg”). Cognate with Dutch dialectal peg (“pin”), Low German pig, pigge (“peg, stick with a point”), Low German pegel (“post, stake”), Swedish pigg (“tooth, spike”), Danish pig (“spike”), Norwegian Bokmål pigg (“spike”), Irish bac (“stick, crook”), Latin baculum (“staff”), Latvian bakstît (“to poke”), Ancient Greek βάκτρον (báktron, “staff, walking stick”). Related to beak.

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Forms

pegs, pegging, pegged, pegged
Base formpeg · to peg
3rd person singularpegs
Present participlepegging
Past simplepegged
Past participlepegged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypeg
he, she, itpegs

Past simpleLesson

all personspegged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pegged
he, she, ithas pegged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill peg

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

42 synonyms
castB2chunkB2cookA1dashB2dumpB1launchB1pickA1pitchB2projectB2shyA1slightB1skewC2thrillB2throwA2
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words
Relatedmugginswedge
Deriveddepeglevel peggingmispegpeg downpeggablepegged pantspeggeepeggerpeggingpeg itpeg outrepegunpeg

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
peerB2peerlesspeevepeggypejorativepelican

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