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Peg

Definition: Peg

Peg

Noun

1. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.

2. Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

3. Informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks".

4. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.

5. Regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument.

6. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.

Verb

1. Succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard".

2. Pierce with a peg; knock or thrust a peg into.

3. Fasten or secure with a peg; "peg a tent".

4. Stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Peg" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a pearl".

Date "peg" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Etymology: Peg \Peg\, noun. [Old English pegge; compare to Swedish pigg, Danish pig a point, prickle, and English peak.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Peg

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

To stake out: to designate or mark with -- the plan and position of a future building upon its site. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Peg or ~~~Peggy,
Peggy, for Margaret, corrupted into Meg or Meggy. Thus, Pat or Patty for Martha; Poll or Polly, for Mary, corrupted into Moll or Molly; etc. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Mechanical Engineering

A male extension of the tup or anvil fitted into a corresponding hole in the die block for accurate location in longitudinal direction. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A surveyor's mark. b. To mark out a miner's claim at the four corners by pegs bearing theclaimant's name. Sometimes used as "peg out. (references)

Post & Telecom

Device which is designed for inserting in a jack to prevent the entry of a plug. It may or may not operate the springs. Source: European Union. (references)

Slang in 1811

PEG. Old Peg; poor hard Suffolk or Yorkshire cheese. A peg is also a blow with a straightarm: a term used by the professors of gymnastic arts. A peg in the day-light, the victualling office, or the haltering-place; a blow in the eye, stomach, or under the. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Peg

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

PEG

EnglishPrice earning ratio/growthN/A

PEG

FrenchPolyéthylène glycolChemical Industry, Medicine

PEG

GermanPolyethylenglykolChemical Industry, Medicine

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Peg

Synonyms: leg (n), nog (n), oarlock (n), pegleg (n), pin (n), rowlock (n), stick (n), thole (n), tholepin (n), wooden leg (n), nail (v), nail down (v), peg down (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Peg

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Drunkenness

Drink; alcoholic drinks; blue ruin, grog, port wine; punch, punch bowl; cup, rosy wine, flowing bowl; drop, drop too much; dram; beer; (beverage); aguardiente; apple brandy, applejack; brandy, brandy smash; chain lightning, champagne, gin, ginsling; highball, peg, rum, rye, schnapps, sherry, sling, uisquebaugh, usquebaugh, whisky, xeres.

Instrument

Hammer; (impulse); edge tool; (cut); borer; vice, teeth; (hold); nail, rope; (join); peg; (hang); support; spoon; (vehicle); arms; oar; (navigation); cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph.

Support

Trunnion, pivot, rowlock; peg; (pendency); tiebeam; (fastening); thole pin.

Term

Noun: term, rank, station, stage, step; degree; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Peg

English words defined with "peg": croquetFleam toothgolf teeKnagpeg down, Peg tankard, Pegged, Pegging, Pivot toothringersquaretee, tent peg, toggle, Traverse board, treenail, trenail, trunnelUnpeg. (references)
Specialty definitions using "peg": Come Down a Peg, CRUSHER-AND-BINDER OPERATORdobby-loom chain-pegger, Drink Deepfrost pinHEEL TAPjamb stick, Jetheth, JEWEL INSERTERmultifocal-button assembler, MULTIFOCAL-LENS ASSEMBLEROvationPeg too Low, PEGGER, DOBBY LOOMS, PIPE RACKERrecoil spring winderSPIRAL SPRING WINDER, SPRING LAYERwooden peg. (references)
Etymologies containing "peg": Paxillus. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Peg" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Swedish (tee), Welsh (peg).

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Modern Usage: Peg

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Square Peg (1958)

Peg of Old Drury (1935)

The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring (1916)

Peg o' the Ring (1916)

Old Peg Leg's Will (1915)

Song Titles

PEG (performing artist: STEELY DAN)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Peg

DomainTitle

Books

  

Theater & Movies

  • Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Peg

Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Peg

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A schematic rendition of PEG 8000 and PEG 300 at a surface of a protein. Adifference between the solvent accesible volumes is clearly seen (Picture courtesy V. Licata, UMN). Credit: NICHD.

Schematic presentation of the system DNA + salt + counterions + PEG at an equilibrium across a semipermeable membrane. The membrane is impermeable to PEG and DNA. There is however no obstruction to the motion of small ions (Picture courtesy H.H. Strey, NIH). Credit: NICHD.

Above knee amputation with peg legs. : Reconstruction class. / U.S.A. Signal Corps. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 69, Savenay, France. : Reconstruction class, attaching iron frame to cast for peg leg for above knee amputee. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Then he sits in that car that won't stir a peg. Credit: Library of Congress.

Peg Woffington. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wooden peg used in corn shucking. Fred Wilkins farm. Tally Ho, near Stem, Granville County, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mr. Jones planting tobacco. With the wooden peg in his hand he scoops a small hole for the plant to be inserted. Near Farrington, Orange County, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.

Levittown houses. Peg Brennan, residence at 25 Winding Lane. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ugly Americanism (ug'-li a-mer'-i-can-ism), n. a kind of hypocrisy where the richest country in the world talks about human rights while developing a neutron bomb / a WIN poster by Peg Averill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Peg

AuthorQuotation

Theodore Roosevelt

I am hard at work on my message to Congress, and accordingly shall not try to go out or see any one either this afternoon or this evening. All of this work is terribly puzzling at times, but I peg away at it, and every now and then, when the dust clears away and I look around, I feel that I really have accomplished a little, at any rate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Peg

TitleAuthorQuote

Through the Looking-Glass

Carroll, Lewis

How it happened, Alice never knew, but exactly as she came to the last peg, she was gone

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

It engenders a world, (r)la pegre, read robbery, and a hell, (r)la peg renne, read (r)hunger

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Peg

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Despite this, the authorities are under no pressure to adjust the peg. (references)

The dollar peg also passes changes in the dollar's rate of exchange directly through to the UAE economy. (references)

Economic History

Hungary

In May 2001, the Central Bank sharply widened the band around the peg from 2.25 percent to 15 percent. (references)

Uae

The UAE dirham has been pegged to the dollar at 3.67 dirhams per dollar since 1980. The authorities are under no pressure to adjust the peg, although periodically reports surface suggesting that authorities may consider linking the dirham to a basket of currencies, including the Euro. (references)

Hungary

In 2000, the official average exchange rate for the HUF to the USD was 282.27. The Central Bank manages a crawling peg foreign exchange regime, linked to the Euro. (references)

Political Economy

HUNGARY

In the months since, the forint appreciated steadily and in recent months settled at a rate about 9 percent above the reference peg to the Euro, an appreciation of about 7 percent. (references)

POLAND

On April 12, 2000, the NBP abandoned the crawling peg it had used since 1991 and allowed the zloty to float freely. (references)

ECUADOR

Up until February of 1999, the Central Bank maintained a crawling peg exchange rate system. (references)

Trade

Croatia

Croatia's currency, the kuna (HRK), floats freely, but the Croatian National Bank intervenes in the market from time-to-time to ensure stability of the currency, effectively ensuring the crawling peg (to the Euro) performance, disrupted by the seasonal impacts of tourism revenues. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

OVATION, n. n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the nation. A lesser "triumph." In modern English the word is improperly used to signify any loose and spontaneous expression of popular homage to the hero of the hour and place. "I had an ovation!" the actor man said, But I thought it uncommonly queer, That people and critics by him had been led By the ear. The Latin lexicon makes his absurd Assertion as plain as a peg; In "ovum" we find the true root of the word. It means egg. Dudley Spink

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Peg

"Peg" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Peg" is used about 548 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)66.67%36614,782
Noun (proper)24.59%13527,360
Lexical Verb (infinitive)7.1%3955,036
Lexical Verb (base form)1.64%9117,287
                    Total100.00%548N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Peg

The following table summarizes the usage of "peg" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
PegFirst name Female1,0003,778
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Peg

"Peg" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a pearl".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Peg."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
MargaretFemaleEnglishN/A
MegFemaleEnglishMargaret
PegFemaleEnglishPeggy
PeggyFemaleEnglishMeg
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Peg

Expressions using "peg": a square peg in a round hole clothes peg clothes' peg come down a peg hal peg hat peg he is a square peg in a round hole mumble peg Mumbledy peg Mumblety peg odontoid peg off the peg peg along peg at peg away peg away at peg clothes on the line peg down peg drill peg house peg ladder peg leg peg of whisky peg out peg out a property peg pants peg root peg saw peg tankard peg tooth peg top peg up picking peg put a square peg into a round hole screw peg square peg in a round hole take down a peg take down a peg lower take down a peg or two take him down a peg take smb. down a peg take smb. down a peg or two tent peg turtle peg vent peg wooden peg. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "peg": peg-board, peg-doll, peg-hole, PEG-interferon alfa-2B, peg-leg, peg-legged, peg-like, PEG-MGDF, peg-pant, peg-precipitates, peg-sellers, peg-selling, peg-shape, peg-tooth, peg-top, peg-top trousers.

Ending with "peg": clothes-peg, off-the-peg.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Peg

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

peg perego

1,319

peg nx70v

43

peg

362

peg nz90

40

peg perego stroller

202

peg ratio

40

aunt peg

200

sony clie peg sj33

40

square peg

152

motorcycle foot peg

39

peg prego

86

peg leg

36

peg tg50

81

peg perego aria

35

peg intron

75

bundy peg

35

peg board

67

nx80v peg

34

peg pergo

62

sony clie peg sj22

34

clie peg sj20 sony

61

sony clie peg nz90

31

peg tube

58

peg square tvb

30

peg perego high chair

56

peg sony tg50

30

peg sj20

55

peg perego pliko

28

highway peg

51

peg perego battery

28

clie nx70v peg sony

49

bike peg

27

clie peg sony tg50

48

foot peg

27

peg perego car seat

45

clie peg sj30 sony

27

peg sj33

45

peg board hook

26

peg sj22

44

peg perego.com

26
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Peg

Language Translations for "peg"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kap me kapëse (clip, pin up), fiksoj me kunj, gllënjkë (craving, drachm, draft, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, longing, mouthful, nip, pull, sip, smack, sup, swallow, swig, thirst, traction), gotëz (nip, pony, tot), hap (anatomize, cave, detect, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, stretch, strew, turn down, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, undraw, unfurl, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk), hidhem (bounce, bound, caper, dash, Frisk, hop, jig, jounce, jump, launch, leap, lunge, pounce, skip, spring, vault, Wade), dhëmb (cog, Dent, Fang, prong, serration, tine, tooth), kanxhë (coupling, crampon, drag, gaff, grab, grapnel, grapple, grappling iron, hook, Peavey, Peavy, pothook), vjegë, kapëse rrobash (clothes peg, clothes pin), kunj (axle pin, dowel, hob, key, linchpin, picket, pin, pintle, piquet, Spike, spile, spline, tenon, toggle), mbërthej (brace, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, corner, do up, enchain, fasten, grip, hold, hook, hook up, make fast, nab, paw, seize, snatch), shkallë (accommodation ladder, caliber, calibre, degree, flight, gauge, gradations, grade, ladder, level, measure, notch, phase, pitch, point, rate, rating, remove, scale, stadium, stair, staircase, stairway), stabilizoj (settle, stabilize), varëse (hanger, holdfast, pendant, pennant, suspension, suspensor), këmbë (abutment, foot, hoof, leg, locomotives, paw, pin, shank, trotters). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كلاب للإمساك ب, ‏ملوى العود أو الكمان, ‏مشجب (hatstand), ‏قوى بالأوتاد, ‏قدم (advance, age, antiquity, arrive, be age-old, become old, become timeworn, bring forward, bring out, chip, come, come back, display, extend, foot, get to, give in, move forward, obsolescence, offer, precede, present, produce, proffer, reach, return, set forth, show, submit, tender, turn in), ‏وتد (cleat, coin, dowel, nog, pad, pale, picket, pin, pole, spar, stake, wedge), ‏ترك (break, cast aside, discontinue, ditch, drop, drop it, drop out, lay aside, leave, leave about, let go, neglect, quit, rap, resign, resignation, sign away, strand, suffer, unhand), ‏سدادة (bung, gland, infarct, logjam, plug, spigot, spile, stop, stopper), ‏عزر (cop, motif), ‏صفق (acclaim, applaud, clap, decant), ‏اسفين (wedge), ‏إندفع بعزم, ‏ثبت الأسعار (set prices), ‏شراب مسكر (boose, booze, brandy, champagne, drink, drinking, inebriant, intoxicant, medicine, nappy, pot, rum). (various references)

   

Basque

  

orkatila. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

клечка (stick), повод (cause, ground, halter, handle, motive, occasion, reason, rein, room, signal, subject), предел (bound, limit, line, margin, pale, period, precinct, radius, verge), претекст (alibi, color, colour, come off, excuse, plea, pretence, pretense, pretext, put off, salvo, stalking horse, subterfuge), белег (earmark, guide, impress, incision, marking, patent, print, scar, seam, sign, snick, stigma, sully, symptom, tincture, token, trace, vestige, weal, welt), запушалка (choke, obturator, plug, spile, stopper, tampion, tap, wad), закачалка (hanger), закрепям с клечка, знак (badge, check, denotation, ensign, indication, parallel, patent, place, seal, sign, signal, symptom, type, vestige), ориентир (landmark), глътка (drachm, drag, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, lap, mouthful, pharynx, potion, pull, shot, sip, sup, swallow, taste), извинение (alibi, apology, excuse, extenuation, justification, pardon, put off), клин (chock, cleat, cotter bolt, gusset, key, lock, loco, nib, panel, quoin, salient, wedge), степен (degree, exponent, extent, gradations, grade, length, magnitude, notch, order, pitch, power, prairie, rate, remove), ключ (cab, clef, crib, key, keystone, keyword, signature, switch), колче (marker), крак (foot, leg, paddle, podium, shank, stilt), кука за закачане, шплинт (splint), тапа (faucet, plug, spile, stopper, stopple), чашка (bell, calyx, chalice, cup, drink, envelope, pony, receptacle, shot, thalamus), чеп (bung, burr, fauces, knag, knar, knot, knur, knurl, nodule, Nodus, nub, plug, spigot, spile, tap, toggle), щипка за пране (clothes peg), щифт (axle pin, dowel, locking-finger, nog, pin, pintle, plug, splint, sprig, toggle), щепсел (plug), гвоздей за закачане. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

' (Pegging, spike, stapled, stapling), 衣夾 , 木釘 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

provrtat (perforate, Pierce), připevnit èepy, vìšák (clothes' peg, coat hook, rack, suspender), trefovat se, kolík (baton, dossil, pin, pivot, plug), kolíèek (pin, spill), flokovat, flok, èep (bung, spigot, tenon). (various references)

   

Danish

  

ploek (picket, sleeper plug, stud, treenail), pael (perch, pile, wooden pile), tap (butt, chuck, core, disc pivot, dowel, hinge bolt, journal, pintle, pivot, shoulder, spigot, spike tooth, sprue, tack, tap, tenon, wire nail), not (cotter, dimple for a shot pin, feather, groove, key, milled slot, notch, seine fishing net, seine net, slot, spline), knast (boss, cam finger, crust, dowel, gnarl, heel, knot, lever boss, lifter, wiper), kile (chock, cleat, cotter, cut, feather, integral key, key, quoin, shim, shim piece, speed-change lane, spline, sump, taper, wedge), fikspunkt (measuring point, picket, reference point, stake), feder (cotter, feather, integral key, key, key without taper, non-tapered key, plain key, spline, sunk key, untapered key), blindstik, blindprop. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

borrel (dram, nip, snifter, snorter), aperitief (dram, nip, snifter, snorter). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

aperitivo (dram, nip, snifter, snorter). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پا (Foot, Leg, Paw, Pod), میخکوب کردن محکم کردن , میخ چوبی (Picket, Spile, Stake), میخ زدن (Joggle, Stud, Tack), میخ (Nail, Spike), چنگک (Gaff, Hook, Prong, Rake, Tach, Uncus), کوشش کردن (Assay, Attempt, Bend, Labor, Strive, Struggle, Try), کشیدن (Chart, Drag, Draw, Drawl, Entrain, Experience, Figure, Hale, Haul, Heave, Lave, Lengthen, Pluck, Pull, Strain, Strap, String, Suffer, Trace, Trawl, Weigh), عذر (Alibi, Excuse, Plea, Pretext, Purporst, Subterfuge), دندانه (Cog, Dent, Jag, Leaf, Nick, Tine, Tooth), درجه (Alloy, Degree, Gauge, Gradation, Grade, Length, Mark, Measure, Point, Proportion, Stair, Step, Thermometer), دربالاپهن ودرپاءین نازک , بهانه (Alibi, Evasion, Excuse, Fetch, Fiction, Mask, Plea, Pretense, Pretext, Purporst, Subterfuge). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pultti (bolt, pin), vaarna (plug), ohjaustappi (dowel, dowel pin, guide pin, pilot), ohjauspuikko (dowel, dowel pin), naula (hobnail, nail, pound, spike), nappula (pin). (various references)

   

French

  

piquet, cheville. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

foaritentsje (dram, nip, snifter, snorter). (various references)

   

German

  

Pflock (stake), Stöpsel (Cork, electric plug, Jack, little fellow, pegs, plug, stopper), Klammer (brace, bracket, clamp, clip, cramp, dog, grip, paperclip, parenthesis, staple), Keil (chock, cotter, gore, gusset, hand-ax, wedge). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καρφώνω (fasten with nails, nail, peg out, pin, rivet, skewer, sprig, tack), σφήνα (chock, quoin, wedge), γόμφος (pin, wedge), ξύλινο καρφίο, πάσσαλοσ (pale, picket, pile, pole, spile, stake), πάσσαλος (pole, stake), παλούκι (pale, picket, pile, pole, sod, stake, stick), τυφλό βύσμα, τεμάχια συγκράτησης (dowel), τοπογραφικός πάσσαλος (picket, stake). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מסמר (gad, nail, pin, rivet, stud), ית"" (nail), ית" כו ון (tuning key), ית" (nail, pale, pin, stake, strut, stud, tack, wedge), לחזק בית"ות (stake), תלי (hanger, quiver, suspensory), וו (hasp, hook, pin), קולב (hanger, hook, nog), פקק (bung, gag, logjam, plug, spigot, stopper, tap), ''ין עם סו"". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szeg (nail, pin, spike, stud, tack, to hem), ruhafogas (clothes peg, coat-stand, hat stand, hat-rack, rack), cövek (pale, paling, picket, pin, spike, spud, stake, stock). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pasak, paku (brad, nail, spike), sangkutan (connection, hook, involvement, relation), baji (wedge). (various references)

   

Italian

  

picchetto (picket, piquet, stake). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ドラ息子 (being pegged to the dollar, Dolby, Dolby surround, dolce, dolcissimo, Doline, doll, dollar, dollar clause, dollar peg, dollar shift, dollar shock, dollar shop, dollar usance, dolly, dolman sleeve, dolmen, dolphin kick, doria, Dorian, Dortmund, dream, dreamer, dreaming, dreamy, dribble, drifter, drill, drink, drip coffee, driven, durian, lazy son, profligate son), 木釘 (wooden peg). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ドルペッグ (being pegged to the dollar, dollar peg), きくぎ (wooden peg). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

나무못. (various references)

   

Manx

  

sheaym (wooden pin), pinney (pivot), kibbin (dibble, gad, linchpin, spike, stake, wooden pin), dhull (bung, drain plug, hole, plug). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

dram (dram, nip, snifter, snorter). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

cavilha (pin). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

aperitivo (dram, nip, snifter, snorter). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

egpay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

prego de madeira (wooden nail), taco (club, dowel, golf club, mace, plug, stick), segurar com cavilhas, marcar (book, brand, chalk, crop, define, determine, dial, earmark, feature, mark, print, read, reserve, scribe, show, signalize, stamp, trace), macaquinho (dowel), fixar preços na bolsa, firmar com cavilhas, estaca (pale, picket, pole, prop, rod, slip, spile, stake, stanchion), delimitar com estacas, cavilhar, cavilha (axle pin, cotter, dowel, forelock, gudgeon, key, kingpin, pike, pin, pintle, preventer, spike, tenon, thole), cabide de madeira, atirar pedras (pelt), aperitivo (aperitive, appetizer, appetizing, cocktail, dram, nip, snifter, snorter, stomachic, whet). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

picior (base, foot, joint, leg, paw, shoulder, stalk, stem, toe), par (even, pale, pole, spile, stake), panã (arrow, break down, chock, cleat, cotter, failure, feather, Gib, injury, jaw, pen, pick, pinion, plug, plume, puncture, quill, quill pen, Spike, wedge), pãhãrel (eye opener, wet), fixa cu un cui, ţintã (aim, blaze, butt, clout, design, end, goal, hobnail, ideal, nail, object, objective, pin, purport, purpose, pursuit, tack, target, weltnail, whither), arunca (bowl, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, chuck, cob, dart, dash, deliver, discard, drop, fling, huddle on, hurl, jet, jettison, launch, pelt at, pitch, pluck, plump, plunge into, precipitate, project, put, reject, rush, send, shoot, slam, sling, throw, throw away, throw off, throw out, toss, tumble), ştift (cotter, finger, nail, stud), bate un cui în, cârlig (clamp, clasp, crook, crotchet, Fang, grapnel, grapple, hanger, harpoon, hook, staple), cârlig de rufe (clothes pin, pin), categorisi (categorize, classify, style), cui (cotter, nail, pin, rough, Spike, sprig, stud, whose), cui de lemn (nog), cuier (hal peg, hallstand, hanger, hanging, hat stand, rack, rail, stand), ţãruş (cleat, pale, picket, pin, spile, stake), fixa în cuie (peg down), treaptã (bench, degree, horse, level, pace, rank, remove, round, rung, spoke, stage, stair, step, tread), ghermea, lemn (billet, chuck, stick, timber, wood), marca cu pari, scoabã de traversã, stabiliza (settle, stabilize, steady), strop (atom, bead, bit, drop, grain, nip, ounce, Pearl, spatter, speck, spot), dop (Cork, float, stop, stopper, wad). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

вешалка (hanger, hatrack, rack, rail, tab), деревянный гвоздь, джин с содовой водой, пикет (picket line, piquet), прикреплять колышком, забивать колышек, затычка (bung, gag, obturator, pad, plug, stopgap, stopper, stopple, tampion), зуб (claw, knife, tooth, toothe), деревянная нога (peg leg), нога (foot, hoof, leg), стержень (arm, bar, bolt, center, centre, core, pivot, rod, scape, shaft, shank, spindle, stud), веха (landmark, milestone, perch), втулка (boss, bung, bushing, collar, hob, nave, pad, quill, sleeve, socket, spigot, spile, tampion, vent-peg), колок (pin), колышек (tee, tees), шпилька (brad, hair pin, hairpin, pin, spike heel, stiletto heels, stud, tenon), штифт (dowel, finger, stud, tag), штепсель (plug, switch plug, switch-plug), целиться (aim, level, take aim), нагель (dowel, nog, treenail). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

cnag (a crack, a pin, knob, pin, thowlpin). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zub (tooth), spojiti klinom (key), odrediti (allot, appoint, appropriate, assign, cast, define, designate, destine, detail, determine, fix, mark off, mark out, modify, order, route, set, set by), noga (foot, leg, shank, tootsy), kočić, ključ za zatezanje žica, klin (chock, cleat, cotter, gore, salient, sprocket, stud, tenon, toggle, wedge), baciti (bung, cast, chuck, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, pitch, project, shoot, slap, sling, throw, throw out, toss). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

estaca (cudgel, cutting, hint, pale, paling, picket, pile, pole, post, spur, stake, stick), aperitivo (aperitif, appetizer, dram, nip, snifter, snorter). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

pinne (perch, rod, stake, stick, toggle). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

vesile (handle, means, purchase), sodalı viski, saptamak (appoint, assign, determine, establish, fix, state), mazeret (alibi, allegation, apology, excuse, justification, plea, putoff), kazık çakarak sabitlemek (peg out), kazık (deceit, pale, picket, pile, post, ramp, stake), dübel, belirlemek (adjust, appoint, assess, assign, condition, decide, define, detect, determine, dictate, establish, identify, limit, note, seal, set, set down, settle, single out, slate, specify, state), bahane (allegation, blind, cavil, cloak, cop out, cover, evasion, excuse, guise, plea, pretence, pretext, putoff, rise, salvo, shift, stalking horse, subterfuge, veil), atmak (affix, beat, blow, blow out, cashier, cast, cast away, cast off, catapult, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, dart, dash, deliver, discharge, doff, draw the longbow, drop, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, eliminate, fabricate, fetch, fib, flash, fling, fling away, fling out, fuse, fuze, give a kick, heave, hurl, inflict, insert, invent, junk, launch, let fly, loose, loose off, order off, peg at, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, pulsate, pulse, put, scutch, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, sling, tell a fib, tell lies, throw, throw away, throw into, toss, uncork, utter, void), askı kancası, akort vidası, ağaç çivi ile çakmak, ağaç çivi (treenail), çamaşır mandalı (clothes peg, clothes pin). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

weюalka (r) (rack), gazyk. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

установлювати ціни (valorize), кілочок (spill), кілок, вішалка (portmanteau, rack, shoulder, tab), нагель (dowel, nail, nog), проколювати (broach, impale, pin, prick, prickle, puncture, skewer), прикріпляти кілочками. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

lý do (cause, consideration, motive, pretext, reason, wherefore), l m cho ai hết vênh váo, l m cho ai co vòi lại, cơ hội (opportunity, time, time-serving), cái ngạc cái móc, cái chốt (detent, fiddle, joint-pin). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

pegio, peg, ebill (auger, borer). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Peg

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

paxilli, paxillos, paxillum, paxillus. (various references)

Middle Dutch1100-1500

pegge. (various references)

Old North French1200-1500

taque. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Peg

Derivations

Words beginning with "peg": pegboard, pegboards, pegbox, pegboxes, pegged, pegging, pegless, peglike, pegmatite, pegmatites, pegmatitic, pegs. (additional references)

Words ending with "peg": repeg, unpeg. (additional references)

Words containing "peg": arpeggiate, arpeggiated, arpeggiates, arpeggiating, arpeggio, arpeggios, bibliopegic, bibliopegies, bibliopegist, bibliopegists, bibliopegy, repegged, repegging, repegs, scapegoat, scapegoated, scapegoating, scapegoatings, scapegoatism, scapegoatisms, scapegoats, scapegrace, scapegraces, unpegged, unpegging, unpegs. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Peg" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apeg, epb, epf, epg, epig, eprg, ip, opeg, pag, Pagb, Pagk, pago, pagp, pagu, Payg, pbe, pde, Peb, pec, peeg, pege, Peggo, Pegi, pego, pegu, Peh, peig, Peigi, pej, pem, peng, P'eng, peo, peq, perg, Perga, peu, pev, pewg, pez, Pfe, phg, pieg, piga, pigh, pigi, pigo, pilg, pjg, pleg, png, pog, pogg, ppg, preg, Pregl, pyg, speg, veg, Xeg, zeg. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Peg"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "peg" (pronounced pe"g)
2-e" gbeg, egg, keg, leg, Meg, Reg, Segue.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Peg

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-p"

-1 letter: pe.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-p"
 

+1 letter: gape, page, peag, pegs.

 

+2 letters: agape, gaped, gaper, gapes, genip, getup, grape, gripe, grope, paged, pager, pages, parge, peage, peags, pengo, phage, plage, pogey, purge, repeg, unpeg.

 

+3 letters: agapae, apogee, eggcup, epigon, epilog, gapers, gapped, gasped, gasper, gawped, gawper, genips, getups, gimped, gipped, gipper, gopher, gospel, grapes, grapey, griped, griper, gripes, gripey, grippe, groped, groper, gropes, guimpe, gulped, gulper, gypped, gypper, magpie, megilp, pagers, panged, pangen, parged, parges, parget, peages, peeing, pegbox, pegged, pelage, penang, pengos, phages, phlegm, pieing, pigeon, pigged, piggie, piglet, pigpen, pinged, pinger, pipage, plages, plague, pledge, plunge, pogeys, pogies, ponged, pongee, potage, proleg, pugged, pugree, pungle, purged, purger, purges, repegs, repugn, sparge, sponge, spurge, unpegs, upgaze, upgrew.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Frequency
13. Names: Derived from
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Abbreviations
19. Acronyms
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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