peg

peg · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun) A short cylindrical piece of wood, metal, or plastic used for fastening things or hanging items.

  2. 2.

    (noun) A clothes peg; a clip used to hang washing on a line.

  3. 3.

    (noun) A small pointed piece used in a stringed instrument for adjusting string tension.

  4. 4.

    (verb) To fasten or mark with a peg or pegs.

  5. 5.

    (verb, informal) To identify or categorize someone.

Forms

plural: pegs

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    take someone down a peg — to humble someone who is arrogant
  • •
    square peg in a round hole — a person who doesn't fit their situation
  • •
    peg out — (British informal) to die; to hang out laundry
  • •
    off the peg — (British) ready-made, not custom-made

Related words

See also: fasten, hook, nail, pin
Synonyms: dowel, hook, pin

Etymology

From Middle English pegge, possibly from Middle Dutch pegge ("peg, plug").