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peg

(pĕg)

a. A small cylindrical or tapered pin, as of wood, used to fasten things or plug a hole.

b. A similar pin forming a projection that may be used as a support or boundary marker.

2. Music One of the pins of a stringed instrument that are turned to tighten or slacken the strings so as to regulate their pitch.

3. A degree or notch, as in estimation: Our opinion of him went up a few pegs after he did the dishes.

4. Chiefly British A drink of liquor.

5. Baseball A low and fast throw made to put a base runner out.

6. Informal A leg, especially a wooden one.

v. pegged, peg·ging, pegs

v.tr.

1. To fasten or plug with a peg or pegs.

2. To designate or mark by means of a peg or pegs.

3. To fix (a price) at a certain level or within a certain range.

4. Informal To classify; categorize: I pegged her as an opportunist. Why do you have me pegged as the rowdy one?

5. Informal

a. To hit, especially with a thrown object or fired projectile: She pegged him on the head with a snowball.

b. To throw or fire (an object or projectile): "How did you learn to peg a ball as straight as this?" (Zane Grey).

v.intr.

To work steadily; persist: pegged away until our luck turned.

Idiom:

take (someone) down a peg

To reduce the pride of; humble.

[Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch.]

PEG

abbr.

polyethylene glycol

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References in classic literature ?

"The non-coms tuk Peg Barney - a howlin' handful he was - an' in three minut's he was pegged out - chin down, tight-dhrawn - on his stummick, a tent-peg to each arm an' leg, swearin' fit to turn a naygur white.

"All the draf' was out av their tents watchin' Barney bein' pegged.

"'Peg out that man!' sez me orf'cer bhoy, niver losin' his timper; an' the non-coms wint in and pegged out Scrub Greene by the side av Peg Barney.

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The Linley Bank Stretch of the River Severn saw action with Pegged at the top of the damson trees, Traves (Milo MGM) claimed the spoils with a 22-4-0 net which comprised of a brace of good barbel, a few chub and one roach, snared on a groundbait feeder with luncheon meat on the hook.

Morgan's quids in after Monkhall win; ANGLING

With the exception of Kuwait, whose currency is pegged to a currency basket in which the dollar plays an overwhelming role, all other GCC economies have had their currencies pegged to the dollar for several decades, given their long-standing reliance on oil for exports and fiscal revenues

Qatar, GCC countries may maintain currency peg over next decade: BMI

The number of currencies pegged to other currencies is now at its lowest for the past four decades.