peg

Etymology
From, from , from , , from , , from ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬 dialectal, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related to beak.

This is one of the very few English words that begin with a and come from Proto-Germanic. Proto-Germanic, when not in a consonant cluster beginning with , developed by Grimm's law from the Proto-Indo-European consonant , which was very rare.


 * Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.

Noun

 * 1) A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
 * 2) A protrusion used to hang things on.
 * 3)  A support; a reason; a pretext.
 * 4)  A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
 * 5)  A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
 * 6)  A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
 * 7) A place formally allotted for fishing
 * 8)  A leg or foot.
 * 9) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
 * 10) A step; a degree.
 * 11)  A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
 * 12)  A stump.
 * 13)  The penetration of one's (male) partner in the anus using a strap-on dildo.
 * 14)  A serving of brandy and soda.
 * 15)  A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
 * 16)  A shilling.
 * 17)  An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See.
 * 1) A step; a degree.
 * 2)  A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
 * 3)  A stump.
 * 4)  The penetration of one's (male) partner in the anus using a strap-on dildo.
 * 5)  A serving of brandy and soda.
 * 6)  A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
 * 7)  A shilling.
 * 8)  An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See.
 * 1)  A stump.
 * 2)  The penetration of one's (male) partner in the anus using a strap-on dildo.
 * 3)  A serving of brandy and soda.
 * 4)  A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
 * 5)  A shilling.
 * 6)  An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See.
 * 1)  A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
 * 2)  A shilling.
 * 3)  An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See.
 * 1)  An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See.
 * 1)  An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Esperanto: kejlo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: chavella,
 * German:, , , Haltestift, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ھەپە
 * Macedonian: ко́лче
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: چیوی, وتد
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: penjador
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: věšáček,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: chavella, galla, bío, caravilla,, aldrabilla
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , Pinorrek, Pinörkel, , , Haltestift, Huthaken
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πάσσαλος
 * Icelandic: snagi
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 掛け釘,, ペグ
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: зака́чалка
 * Maori: titi
 * Mongolian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: colgador,
 * Swedish:, knarv
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Zazaki: maşek


 * German:
 * Turkish:
 * Zazaki: pim


 * German: Kursstützung,, Währungsbindung


 * Catalan: didalet,, colpet
 * German: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * German:, Stimmwirbel
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * German:, ,
 * Swedish:, , ,


 * Belarusian: прышчэ́пка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 빨래집게
 * Macedonian: шти́пка
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, klypa
 * Ukrainian: прищі́пка


 * Catalan:
 * German: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To fasten using a peg.
 * 2)  To affix or pin.
 * 3)  To fix a value or price.
 * 4)  To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
 * 5)  To throw.
 * 6)  To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
 * 7)  To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
 * 8)  To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
 * 9)  To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
 * 10)  To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a strap-on dildo.
 * 11)  To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
 * 12)  To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.
 * 13)  To drive (a hackney carriage).
 * 1)  To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
 * 2)  To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
 * 3)  To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a strap-on dildo.
 * 4)  To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
 * 5)  To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.
 * 6)  To drive (a hackney carriage).
 * 1)  To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
 * 2)  To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.
 * 3)  To drive (a hackney carriage).
 * 1)  To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.
 * 2)  To drive (a hackney carriage).

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Maori: karatiti, makatiti, mātiti
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: pligga
 * Turkish:
 * Zazaki: avısten


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Maori: karatiti
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Zazaki: pa tepışten


 * Catalan:
 * French:
 * Spanish:
 * Zazaki: tepışten


 * Zazaki: anc kerden


 * Catalan:
 * French: lancer avec force
 * German:
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan:
 * French: cataloguer comme,
 * German:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: (tahmi:n)


 * German:
 * Turkish: (tahmi:n)


 * French:
 * Marathi: पेग करणे

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) pitch, tar

Noun

 * 1) peg

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  a tee (peg on which the golf ball is placed)

Etymology
Possibly from.

Noun

 * 1) desired way or style of doing things