peg

CEFRB1

/ˈpɛɡ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small piece used to hold, hang, or fasten something.

  2. 02

    verb

    To fix or attach something with a peg.

Examples

  • He might, however, have seen a wooden peg of a different size or color.

  • It is difficult to peg the direction of interest deregulation.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈpʰeɪ̯ɡ]
  • /ˈpeɪ̯ɡ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A protrusion used to hang things on.

  2. A support; a reason; a pretext.

  3. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.

More examples

In context

  • Get your strap-on out and give me a nice peg!

  • Hang your coat on the peg and come in.

  • a peg to hang a claim upon

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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 n...