- a short piece of wood, metal or plastic used for holding things together, hanging things on, marking a position, etc.
- There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on.
- Mark the boundary with pegs.
- The score is kept by inserting pegs into a board.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wooden
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- (also tent peg)a small pointed piece of wood or metal that you attach to the ropes of a tent and push into the ground in order to hold the tent in placeTopics Holidaysc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- wooden
- clothes
- tent
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- (also clothes peg)(both British English)(North American English clothespin)a piece of wood or plastic used for attaching wet clothes to a clothes lineOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- wooden
- clothes
- tent
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- (also tuning peg)a short piece of wood, metal or plastic that you turn to make the strings of a musical instrument tighter or looser
- (Indian English) a small amount of a drink, especially a strong alcoholic one
- a peg of whisky
Word Originlate Middle English: probably of Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect peg ‘plug, peg’. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.
Idioms
See peg in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybring/take somebody down a peg (or two)
- to make somebody realize that they are not as good, important, etc. as they think they are
- He needed to be taken down a peg or two.
off the peg (British English)
(North American English off the rack)
- (of clothes) made to a standard average size and not made especially to fit you
- He buys his clothes off the peg.
- off-the-peg fashions
a peg to hang something on
- something that gives you an excuse or opportunity to discuss or explain something
- The character provides a peg to hang the writer’s political ideas on.
a square peg (in a round hole)
- (informal) a person who does not feel happy or comfortable in a particular situation, or who is not suitable for it
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