Synonyms for peg

Grammar : Verb

Spell : peg

Phonetic Transcription : pɛg

Définition of peg

Origin : mid-15c., from Middle Dutch pegge "peg," a common Low German word (cf. Low German pigge "peg," German Pegel "gauge rod, watermark," Middle Dutch pegel "little knob used as a mark," Dutch peil "gauge, watermark, standard"), of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *bak- "staff used as support" (see bacillus). To be a square peg in a round hole "be inappropriate for one's situation" is attested from 1836; to take someone down a peg is from 1580s, but the original literal sense is uncertain (most of the likely candidates are not attested until centuries later). Peg leg "wooden leg" attested from 1765.

verb attach

Example sentences :

Phim sticks to it, too; tells me my peg is downright encouragement to the bacteria.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Then, still softly and swiftly, he lifted the saddle from its peg and put it on its back.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Shandy gave the bridle a swing, and it clattered to the floor from its peg.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

I'll hang it back on the peg just now, but don't use it again fer a bit.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

In the other case the moving and steering was done by turning a peg.
Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Peg demanded what he laughed at, but no answer was returned.
Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens

There's them in this world that needs settin' up and there's them that needs takin' down a peg.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

I reached up to the peg of the electric light and turned it on.
Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr

Her stick was tied to a peg in the ground and she could not follow him.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Last chance and first chance for a peg, do you see what I mean?
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

Antonyms for peg

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