peg

Nouns

  • (n) a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface nog,
  • (n) small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. pin,
  • (n) informal terms for the leg
    • fever left him weak on his sticks
    pin, stick,
  • (n) a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg pegleg, wooden leg, leg,
  • (n) regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
  • (n) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing oarlock, rowlock, thole, tholepin, pin,

Verbs

  • (v) succeed in obtaining a position
    • He nailed down a spot at Harvard
    nail down, nail,
  • (v) pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
  • (v) fasten or secure with a wooden pin
    • peg a tent
    peg down,
  • (v) stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
    • The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar

Synonyms

nail down nail nog pin stick peg down pegleg wooden leg leg oarlock rowlock thole tholepin

See also

narrow down pin down nail down narrow peg down specify

Words of close approximity

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p.a. PA PB PC Pd P.E. pe pH PI p.m. PM P.O. Po PR PS Pt Pu PX
PAC pad pal Pan pap par pas pat paw pax pay PBS PCP pct PDA pdl pea pee Pei pel pen pep pes PET pew PFC Ph.D. PhD phi PHS pia PiB pic PID PIE pig PIJ pin pip pit pix PKD PKU PLF PLO ply PMS Poa POB pod Poe poi pol pom pop pot POW pox PPK PPP PRC PRN pro pry PSA PSF psi PST PTO pub pud pug pul pun pup pus put PVA PVC PWR pya pyx
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