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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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