Peg | Mean of peg in English Dictionary

/ˈpɛg/

• Noun
• a small piece of wood, metal, or other material that is used to hold or fasten things or to hang things on
1. Her coat hung on a peg by the door.
2. a tent peg [=a pointed piece of wood or metal that is pushed into the ground to hold the corners of a tent in position]
• a wooden piece in a musical instrument (such as a violin) that is turned to tighten or loosen a string
1. a tuning peg
• something (such as a fact or issue) that is used as support or a reason for something said or done
1. He used the incident as a peg to hang his theory on.

• someone who does not fit in a particular place or situation
1. She felt like a square peg in a round hole at the new school until she made some new friends.
• in a store where clothes are sold in different sizes that are not made to fit a particular person
1. He bought that suit off the peg. [=(US) off the rack]
• to make (someone) feel less important or proud
1. He was taken down a peg when an even better player joined the team.
2. She needs to be taken down a peg. [=humbled]
• Verb
• to fasten (something) with pegs
1. Is the tent pegged down all the way?
2. (Brit) She was outside pegging the laundry to the clothesline.
• to put a peg into (something)
1. He pegged the boards.
• to keep (something, such as a price) at a particular level or rate
1. peg the price of wheat at its current level
• to link (something) to another amount or value
1. The foreign currency is pegged to the U.S. dollar. [=its value changes when the U.S. dollar's value does]
2. His bonus is pegged to how many sales he makes each year for the company.
• to think of or identify (someone) as a certain kind of person
1. The salesman had me pegged [=understood what kind of person I am] in a matter of minutes.
2. She pegged him right away as a nice guy.
3. She had him pegged for a liar.
• to work hard
1. He sat there pegging away at his homework.
• to die
1. He doesn't want to peg out because of somebody else's mistakes.