Definition of Peg

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Definition of Peg

Peg

A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.

One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.

A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."

To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.

To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.

To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

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Peg Quotations

You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'
Joe DiMaggio

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification.
Helen Rowland

Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
Anthony Trollope

You know, it was a small, independent movie and with Paramount becoming involved, it was obviously a good thing, but you can't put a round peg in a square hole.
Ray Liotta

I loved Peg Bundy. I am so happy that I got to do that. It was really fun.
Katey Sagal

That's me. I can be me a bit at home, but I'm kind of like a square peg in a round hole.
Mick Ralphs

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.
Brenda Ueland

This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it.
Paul Giamatti

Was on my last leg, I couldn't even borrow my friend's extra peg.
Sly Stone

Peg Translations

peg in Dutch is aperitief, borrel
peg in French is pince
peg in Italian is aringa
peg in Norwegian is dram
peg in Spanish is estaca, aperitivo
peg in Swedish is pinne

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