pegs
Meaning of pegs
plural noun
- a short pin or bolt, typically tapered at one end, that is used for securing something in place, hanging things on, or marking a position.
she put her mac on a peg in the hall
- a point or limit on a scale, especially of exchange rates.
the Mexican peso, linked to the dollar by a crawling peg, was distinctly too high
- a measure of spirits.
have a peg of whisky
- a place marked by a peg and allotted to a competitor to fish or shoot from.
- a person's leg.
I have a good right peg and the ball ended up in the back of the net
- a strong throw.
- fix, secure, or mark with a peg or pegs.
drape plants with nets, pegging down the edges
- fix (a price, rate, or amount) at a particular level.
the dividend was pegged at 23.59p
- throw (a ball) hard and low.
the catcher pegs the ball to the first baseman
late Middle English: probably of Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect peg ‘plug, peg’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century.
Information about pegs
- The singular form of pegs is: peg.
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Hyphenation of pegs
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- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- pegs is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
pegs synonyms
Meaning a thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material:
Meaning a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc:
Meaning a small metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven into wood to join things together or to serve as a hook:
Meaning a projecting peg used for holding together components of a structure:
Meaning a long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food, typically meat, together during cooking:
Meaning a short metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place:
Meaning a nail of rectangular cross section with a flat tip and a small, typically asymmetrical head:
Meaning a short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running round it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated so that it pierces wood or other material and :
Meaning a long pin with a head that screws into a nut, used to fasten things together:
Meaning a piece of metal or other hard material curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on:
Meaning a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree:
Meaning a small block or peg of wood:
Meaning a small peg or plug, especially for insertion into the vent of a cask:
Meaning a square wooden or iron bar which takes the weight of a topmast stepped to a lower mast by being passed through holes in both masts:
Meaning a rough cut, blow, or stroke:
Meaning a cooking appliance, or the flat top part of a cooker, with hotplates or burners:
Meaning a peg or spike driven into a rock or crack to support a climber or a rope:
Meaning the letter T, or a shape like that of a capital T:
Meaning a short projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as a dead branch:
Meaning a small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask:
Meaning fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position:
Meaning join or fasten (something) to something else:
Meaning close or do up securely:
Meaning fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost:
Meaning put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position:
Meaning grasp, carry, or support with one's hands:
Meaning determine the behaviour or supervise the running of:
Meaning hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time:
Meaning set or serve as a limit to:
Anagrams of pegs
Words that rhyme with pegs
ninepegs, repegs, unpegs, hatpegs, mumbletypegs
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