pegs

Meaning of pegs

plural noun
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. a measure of spirits.
    have a peg of whisky
  4. a place marked by a peg and allotted to a competitor to fish or shoot from.
  5. a person's leg.
    I have a good right peg and the ball ended up in the back of the net
  6. a strong throw.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. fix, secure, or mark with a peg or pegs.
    drape plants with nets, pegging down the edges
  2. fix (a price, rate, or amount) at a particular level.
    the dividend was pegged at 23.59p
  3. 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

pegs

  • 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:

spike

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:

pin

Meaning a small metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven into wood to join things together or to serve as a hook:

nail

Meaning a projecting peg used for holding together components of a structure:

dowel

Meaning a long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food, typically meat, together during cooking:

skewer

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:

rivet

Meaning a nail of rectangular cross section with a flat tip and a small, typically asymmetrical head:

brad

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 :

screw

Meaning a long pin with a head that screws into a nut, used to fasten things together:

bolt

Meaning a piece of metal or other hard material curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on:

hook

Meaning a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree:

stick

Meaning a small block or peg of wood:

nog

Meaning a small peg or plug, especially for insertion into the vent of a cask:

spigot

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:

fid

Meaning a rough cut, blow, or stroke:

hack

Meaning a cooking appliance, or the flat top part of a cooker, with hotplates or burners:

hob

Meaning a peg or spike driven into a rock or crack to support a climber or a rope:

piton

Meaning the letter T, or a shape like that of a capital T:

tee

Meaning a short projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as a dead branch:

knag

Meaning a small wooden peg or spigot for stopping a cask:

spile

Meaning fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position:

fix

Meaning join or fasten (something) to something else:

attach

Meaning close or do up securely:

fasten

Meaning fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost:

secure

Meaning put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position:

set

Meaning grasp, carry, or support with one's hands:

hold

Meaning determine the behaviour or supervise the running of:

control

Meaning hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time:

freeze

Meaning set or serve as a limit to:

limit

Anagrams of pegs

sepg

Words that rhyme with pegs

ninepegs, repegs, unpegs, hatpegs, mumbletypegs

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