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Meaning of PEG in English

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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    Meaning of PEG in English

    • A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
    • 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.
    • One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
    • One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
    • A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
    • To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
    • To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
    • 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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