peg
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Is peg a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.Examples: "a peg to hang a claim upon"figuratively
2. (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
3. (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.Examples: "The following became obvious quite quickly – the cryptosphere needed a nonvolatile peg."
4. (UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.Examples: "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."Synonyms: shotUK
5. (colloquial, dated) A leg or foot.Examples: ""Now I'm cleaned up for thee: tha's no 'casions ter stir a peg all day, but sit and read thy books.""colloquialdated
6. (journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.Examples: "[…] 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."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To fasten using a peg.Examples: "Let's peg the rug to the floor."transitive
2. (transitive) To affix or pin.Examples: "I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board."; "She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall."transitive
3. (transitive) To fix a value or price.Examples: "China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar."; "Wages absorbed 80% of the total revenue (which was inescapable), and they were rising at almost twice the rate of fares, which were pegged by law."transitive
4. (transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.transitive
5. (transitive, slang) To throw.Synonyms: fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dashslangtransitive
6. (transitive, kickball) To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.transitive
name (English)
1. (Canada, slang) Clipping of Winnipeg (city), usually preceded by "the".Examples: "I just got back from the Peg."Canadaabbreviationalt-ofclippingslang
noun (English)
1. (chemistry) Acronym of polyethylene glycol.abbreviationacronymalt-ofcountableuncountable
2. (medicine, countable) Initialism of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialism
3. (uncountable) Initialism of public, educational, and government (access television).abbreviationalt-ofinitialismuncountable
4. (computer science, countable) Initialism of parsing expression grammar.Examples: "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."abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialism
Definition source: Wiktionary