peg

peg1 [ peg ] noun count *

1. ) an object attached to a wall, door, etc. and used for hanging things on: CLOTHES PEG:

Her coat hung from a peg behind the door.

a ) an object used for fastening things together:

The furniture is built using wooden pegs instead of nails.

b ) peg or tent peg an object pushed or hit into the ground to keep a tent in position

c ) a small object used for marking the position of something

d ) BRITISH a CLOTHESPIN

2. ) a screw used for making the strings of a musical instrument tighter or looser

a peg on which to hang something

something that gives you an opportunity or excuse for talking or writing about something:

Stock market declines gave the Republicans a convenient peg on which to hang their plan to cut taxes.

take/bring someone down a peg (or two)

to make someone realize they are not as important as they think they are

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peg

peg 2 [ peg ] verb transitive

1. ) to keep prices, salaries, or the amount of something at a particular level, often in relation to something else:

peg something at something: OPEC oil producers pegged the cartel's output at 26.6 million barrels per day.

peg something to something: The country's peso is pegged to the dollar.

2. ) INFORMAL to consider someone as being a particular type of person or having particular qualities:

peg someone as something: We had him pegged from the start as a liar and a fraud.

3. ) to fasten something or keep something in position with pegs:

The tent was pegged to the ground.

,peg a`way phrasal verb transitive BRITISH INFORMAL

intransitive to keep doing something in a determined way, especially when it is boring or difficult:

peg away at: I don't know how people peg away at such a dull job.

,peg `out phrasal verb BRITISH

1. ) intransitive INFORMAL to die

2. ) transitive to mark a piece of land with metal or wooden pegs