Word Meaning

peg definition and meaning

n. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
n. A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
n. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
n. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
n. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
v. t. To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
v. t. To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
v. i. To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

Crossword clues for peg

- Clothes hanging device
- Clothes holder
- Clothes pin
- Dowel
- Fix (prices)
- Fix level of spirits measure
- Fix price of piano, for example
- Lady who holds washing on the line
- Laundry pin
- Pin for a tent rope
- Secure, ... down
- Small stake
- Tent fastener
- Wood pin
- Wooden pin