peg Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
    nog.
  2. noun small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
    pin.
  3. noun informal terms for the leg
    stick; pin.
    • fever left him weak on his sticks
  4. noun a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
    wooden leg; pegleg; leg.
  5. noun regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
  6. noun a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
    pin; oarlock; rowlock; thole; tholepin.
  7. verb succeed in obtaining a position
    nail; nail down.
    • He nailed down a spot at Harvard
  8. verb pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
  9. verb fasten or secure with a wooden pin
    peg down.
    • peg a tent
  10. verb stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
    • The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar

WordNet

Peg noun
Etymology
OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak.
Definitions
  1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
  2. 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.
  3. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. Shak.
  4. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
  5. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
    To screw papal authority to the highest peg. Barrow.
    And took your grandess down a peg. Hudibras.
Peg transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pegged ; present participle & verbal noun Pegging
Definitions
  1. To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
    I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails. Shak.
  2. (Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. Colloq.
Peg intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

Webster 1913