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Words people most associate with “peg”:

  1. leg,
  2. hole,
  3. board,
  4. clothes,
  5. washing

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Noun (6 meanings)

1. a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.

peg, nog

peg is a type of:
  • pin (noun) - a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
types of peg:
  • tee, golf tee (noun) - a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
  • tent peg (noun) - a peg driven into the ground to hold a rope supporting a tent
  • treenail, trenail, trunnel (noun) - a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding
peg is derivationally related to:
  • to peg, peg down (verb) - fasten or secure with a wooden pin
  • to peg (verb) - pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into

2. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc..

peg, pin

peg is a type of:
peg is derivationally related to:
  • to peg (verb) - pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into

3. informal terms for the leg.

pin, peg, stick

Example:
  • “fever left him weak on his sticks”
peg is a type of:
  • leg (noun) - a human limb

4. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.

peg, wooden leg, leg, pegleg

peg is a type of:

5. regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument.

peg

peg is a type of:
  • regulator (noun) - any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
peg is a part of:
  • stringed instrument (noun) - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound

6. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.

peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock

peg is a type of:
  • holder (noun) - a holding device
peg is a part of:
  • dinghy, dory, rowboat (noun) - a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled

Verb (4 meanings)

1. succeed in obtaining a position.

to nail down, nail, peg

Example:
  • “He nailed down a spot at Harvard”
to peg is a way to:

2. pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into.

to peg

to peg is a way to:
  • to pierce, thrust (verb) - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
to peg is derivationally related to:
  • peg, nog (noun) - a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
  • peg, pin (noun) - small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

3. fasten or secure with a wooden pin.

to peg, peg down

Example:
  • “peg a tent”
to peg is a way to:
  • to attach (verb) - cause to be attached
to peg is derivationally related to:
  • peg, nog (noun) - a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
see also:

4. stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations.

to peg

Example:
  • “The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar”
to peg is a way to:
  • to stabilize, stabilise (verb) - make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium