peg

[US]/peɡ/
[UK]/peɡ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small cylindrical or tapered pin, as of wood, used to fasten things or plug a hole
vt. to fasten or secure with or as if with a peg

Phrases & Collocations

wooden peg

peg the laundry

tent peg

plastic peg

metal peg

on the peg

crawling peg

off the peg

peg down

Example Sentences

have a peg of whisky.

a peg to hang a grievance on

He has not a peg to hang on.

(on) peg sb. as a bad guy

Hang your overcoat on the peg in the hall.

the catcher pegs the ball to the first baseman.

I went out to peg out our assembly area.

You hang clothes on a peg fixed to a wall or door.

He had not a peg to hang on and got dumb for some time.

He didn’t win first prize after all. That’ll bring him down a peg or two.

It’s time that somebody took that woman down a peg or two. She behaves as if she were the queen.

The professor makes any subject a peg on which to hang his political views.

Our opinion of him went up a few pegs after he did the dishes.

I don’t have the right personality for the job. I feel like a square peg in a round hole.

By combining the sturdy body of the vielle with the clever arrangement of the pegs in the rebec,a new group of instruments was born.

PASP-PEG block structure copolymer,comb shaped PASP-PEG block structure copolymer,aspartic acid and glycine,glutamic acid or propalanine copolymer are prepared.

I’ve declined the invitation to the Royal Garden Party;I’d just to be a square peg in a round hole among all those posh people.

golf tee, tee (en) - tent peg (en) - treenail, tree nail, trenail, trunnel (en)[Spéc.

The study is the synthesis of BFO in the medium of PEG or its derivatives - polyethylene glycol alkyl ether and polyethylene glycol alkylphenyl ether.

Real-world Examples

They remain all their lives square pegs in round holes.

Source: Past English Major Level 4 Listening Exam Questions (with Translations)

Others are fastening bits of string and hammering tiny pegs into the ground.

Source: Theatrical play: Gulliver's Travels

You know, I-I thought I had you pegged already.

Source: Our Day Season 2

Cellos are hard to tune if you use the big pegs.

Source: Connection Magazine

That smug sister of yours needs to be taken down a peg.

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

Dictating the headline after we went out and got the news peg.

Source: Super Girl Season 2 S02

Thankfully, two other square pegs accepted them.

Source: Discussing American culture.

That is so funny. I never would have pegged you for a Pisces.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

At the scene, I would have pegged the likelihood of his innocence at 98%.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

Really? ! Huh. I pegged you for a lone wolf.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 2

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