peg

Plural: pegs

Noun

a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
informal terms for the leg
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
A protrusion used to hang things on.
A support; a reason; a pretext.
A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
A place formally allotted for fishing
A leg or foot.
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
A step; a degree.
Ellipsis of clothes peg.
A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
A stump.
The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
A serving of brandy and soda.
A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
A shilling.
An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.

Verb

Verb Forms: pegged, pegging, pegs

To fasten or mark with a peg, a small wooden pin.
succeed in obtaining a position
pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
fasten or secure with a wooden pin
- "peg a tent"
stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
- "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar"
To fasten using a peg.
To affix or pin.
To fix a value or price.
To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
To throw.
To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.
To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.
To drive (a hackney carriage).

Examples

a peg to hang a claim upon
China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar.
Get your strap-on out and give me a nice peg!
Hang your coat on the peg and come in.
He needed to PEG down a high-scoring word before his opponent could block the space.
He's been pegged as a suspect.
I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board.
I pegged his weight at 165.
Let's peg the rug to the floor.
She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall.
She pegged twelve points.
We pegged the speedometer across the flats.

Origin / Etymology

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.
This is one of the very few English words that begin with a p and come from Proto-Germanic. Proto-Germanic *p, when not in a consonant cluster beginning with *s, developed by Grimm's law from the Proto-Indo-European consonant *b, which was very rare.
(To indicate or ascribe an attribute to): Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.

Synonyms

leg, nail, nail down, nog, oarlock, peg down, pegleg, pin, rowlock, stick, thole, tholepin, wooden leg, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, fling, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shot, shy, skew, slight, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing

Scrabble Score: 6

peg: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
peg: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
peg: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

peg: valid Words With Friends Word