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Antonyms for pegged

Grammar : Verb
Spell : peg
Phonetic Transcription : pɛg

Definition of pegged

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 :
  • After they had eaten, the Ranger handcuffed his prisoner and pegged him down loosely.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • It was down-hill and up-hill and across and through; but we pegged along.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • They let out a yell and closed in, and up the hill at one side I pegged.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • Prices were pegged and farmers forced to pay taxes in produce.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • The hide is pegged down on the ground, when it is covered with a kind of glue.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • The old man groaned, and pegged away at the pie like a good one.
  • Extract from : « Hildegarde's Holiday » by Laura E. Richards
  • The sail was thrown over this, and pegged down at both sides.
  • Extract from : « For Name and Fame » by G. A. Henty
  • And say, I wasn't mad when I pegged the box at you the other day.
  • Extract from : « The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest » by Lillian Garis
  • You will then have two pegged clapboards for the front of the roof and two for the back.
  • Extract from : « Mother Nature's Toy-Shop » by Lina Beard
  • Such areas have to be pegged, registered, and continuously worked.
  • Extract from : « Getting Gold » by J. C. F. Johnson

Synonyms for pegged

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