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Definition peg

Etymology

From Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge (“pin, peg”), from Old Saxon *pigg-, *pegg-, from Proto-Germanic *pig-, *pag- (“peg, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *ba?- (“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”), Irish bac (“stick, crook”), Latin baculum (“staff”), Latvian bakstît (“to poke”), Ancient Greek ??????? (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.

Noun

peg (plural pegs)

  1. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
  2. Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its body to measure its body length.
  3. A protrusion used to hang things on.
  4. (figuratively) A support; a reason; a pretext.
  5. (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
  6. (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold
  7. (Britain) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
  8. A place formally allotted for fishing
  9. (colloquial, dated) A leg or foot.
  10. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
  11. A step; a degree.
  12. Short for clothes peg.
  13. (journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.

Verb

peg (third-person singular simple present pegs, present participle pegging, simple past and past participle pegged)

  1. To fasten using a peg.
  2. To affix or pin.
  3. To fix a value or price.
  4. To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
  5. To throw.
  6. 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.)
  7. (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
  8. (slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge.
  9. (slang, typically in heterosexual contexts) To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a dildo.
  10. To keep working hard at something; to peg away.

Results 352 Words with the letters PEG

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7 letter words with the letters PEG 
6 letter words with the letters PEG 
AGAPAE 11
APOGEE 11
EGGCUP 17
EPIGON 12
EPILOG 12
GAPERS 11
GAPPED 15
GASPED 12
GASPER 11
GAWPED 15
GAWPER 14
GENIPS 12
GETUPS 12
GIMPED 15
GIPPED 15
GIPPER 14
GOPHER 13
GOSPEL 12
GRAPES 11
GRAPEY 13
GRIPED 12
GRIPER 11
GRIPES 11
GRIPEY 13
GRIPPE 14
GROPED 12
GROPER 11
GROPES 11
GUIMPE 15
GULPED 14
GULPER 13
GYPPED 17
GYPPER 16
MAGPIE 14
MEGILP 15
PAGERS 11
PANGED 13
PANGEN 13
PARGED 12
PARGES 11
PARGET 11
PEAGES 11
PEEING 12
PEGBOX 21
PEGGED 14
PELAGE 12
PENANG 13
PENGOS 12
PHAGES 13
PHLEGM 17
PIEING 12
PIGEON 12
PIGGED 14
PIGGIE 13
PIGLET 12
PIGPEN 15
PINGED 13
PINGER 12
PIPAGE 14
PLAGES 12
PLAGUE 13
PLEDGE 13
PLUNGE 14
POGEYS 13
POGIES 11
PONGED 13
PONGEE 12
POTAGE 11
PROLEG 12
PUGGED 15
PUGREE 12
PUNGLE 14
PURGED 13
PURGER 12
PURGES 12
REPEGS 11
REPUGN 13
SPARGE 11
SPONGE 12
SPURGE 12
UNPEGS 13
UPGAZE 21
UPGREW 15
5 letter words with the letters PEG 
AGAPE 10
GAPED 11
GAPER 10
GAPES 10
GENIP 11
GETUP 11
GRAPE 10
GRIPE 10
GROPE 10
PAGED 11
PAGER 10
PAGES 10
PARGE 10
PEAGE 10
PEAGS 10
PENGO 11
PHAGE 12
PLAGE 11
POGEY 12
PUDGE 12
PURGE 11
REPEG 10
UNPEG 12
4 letter words with the letters PEG 
GAPE 9
PAGE 9
PEAG 9
PEGS 9
3 letter words with the letters PEG 
PEG 8
2 letter words with the letters PEG 
PE 5

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