peg
noun
[ pɛɡ ]
• a short pin or bolt, typically tapered at one end, that is used for securing something in place, hanging things on, or marking a position.
• "she put her mac on a peg in the hall"
Similar:
spike,
pin,
nail,
dowel,
skewer,
rivet,
brad,
screw,
bolt,
hook,
stick,
nog,
spigot,
fid,
hack,
hob,
piton,
tee,
thole (pin),
knag,
spile,
• a point or limit on a scale, especially of exchange rates.
• "the Mexican peso, linked to the dollar by a crawling peg, was distinctly too high"
• a measure of spirits.
• "have a peg of whisky"
• a place marked by a peg and allotted to a competitor to fish or shoot from.
• a person's leg.
• "I have a good right peg and the ball ended up in the back of the net"
• a strong throw.
peg
verb
• fix, secure, or mark with a peg or pegs.
• "drape plants with nets, pegging down the edges"
• fix (a price, rate, or amount) at a particular level.
• "the dividend was pegged at 23.59p"
• throw (a ball) hard and low.
• "the catcher pegs the ball to the first baseman"
Origin:
late Middle English: probably of Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect peg ‘plug, peg’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century.
PEG
abbreviation
• polyethylene glycol.
polyethylene glycol
noun
• a synthetic resin made by polymerizing ethylene glycol, in particular any of a series of water-soluble oligomers and polymers used chiefly as solvents or waxes.
