Peg
Definitions
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A female given name. diminutive, form-of
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Diminutive of Margaret. diminutive, form-of
- Clipping of Winnipeg (city), usually preceded by "the".
- A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- Acronym of polyethylene glycol.
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Clipping of Peggy. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- Initialism of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
- A support; a reason; a pretext.
- Initialism of price/earnings to growth.
- A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- Initialism of public, educational, and government (access television).
- A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
- Initialism of parsing expression grammar.
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A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage. UK
- Abbreviation of pyroelectric generator.
- A place formally allotted for fishing
- A leg or foot.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
- A step; a degree.
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Ellipsis of clothes peg. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
- A stump.
- The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
- A serving of brandy and soda.
- A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
- A shilling.
- An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.
Equivalents
Examples
“Hang⟳ your coat on the peg and come⟳ in.”
“a peg to hang⟳ a claim⟳ upon”
“The following became obvious quite quickly – the cryptosphere needed a nonvolatile peg.”
“This over, the club will be visited for a "peg," Anglice drink⟳.”
“The name⟳ had come⟳ to mean⟳ any aromatic essence of herbs by the time the first thirsty colonial poured a peg of Who-shot-John into his mint water.”
“"Now I'm cleaned up for thee: tha's no 'casions ter stir⟳ a peg all day, but sit⟳ and read⟳ thy books."”
“O, you are well tuned now! / But I'll set⟳ down the pegs that make⟳ this music, / As honest as I am.”
“Did we form⟳ ourselves, choosing, and our powers? I find⟳ myself, for one, as a stringed instrument with chords and stops - but I have⟳ no power to turn⟳ the pegs, or pitch my thoughts to a higher or lower key.”
“to screw papal authority to the highest peg”
“We still have⟳ worsted all your holy tricks; / Trepann'd your party with intrigue, / And took your grandees down a peg[…]”
“[…] all news media keep⟳ a supply⟳ of features on hand, waiting for a peg to make⟳ them topical.”
“Journalists and prospective sources wishing to attract⟳ their attention are constantly on the lookout for pegs. The process⟳ by which a peg is identified is informed by news values.”
“Lindy hit the pegs with five deliveries out of six.”
“Get⟳ your strap-on out and give⟳ me a nice peg!”
“I then ordered a "peg" (brandy-and-soda) to be brought to my tent, and returned to have⟳ a smoke⟳ before turning in again.”
“This is the sort⟳ of drinking that Anna Hazare fought to eradicate from Ralegan Siddhi, as Colonel Phatak explained, after I joked about an army man needing his evening peg of whisky before dinner.”
“The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.”
“To remember⟳ this list of early psychologists, you recall⟳ each peg along with its image of an early psychologist that you placed there.”
“Multiple items can be stored at each location or with each peg.”
“I just got back from the Peg.”
“PEG ratio”
“This is a form⟳ of grammar called a Parsing Expression Grammar (PEG). PEGs use⟳ a different form⟳ of grammar which can handle⟳ most context-free situations and some context-sensitive ones.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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