How to pronounce “peg”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
• A protrusion used to hang things on.
• (figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
• (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
• (finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
• (UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
• A place formally allotted for fishing
• (colloquial, dated) A leg or foot.
• One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
• A step; a degree.
• Ellipsis of clothes peg.
• (journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
• (cricket, slang) A stump.
• (slang) The penetration during anal sex using a strap-on dildo.
• (slang, archaic) A serving of brandy and soda.
• (India) A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
• (UK, slang, obsolete) A shilling.
• (psychology) An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To fasten using a peg.
• (transitive) To affix or pin.
• (transitive) To fix a value or price.
• (transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
• (transitive, slang) To throw.
• (transitive, kickball) To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
• (transitive, slang) To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
• (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
• (transitive, slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
• (slang, transitive) To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.
• (intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
• (slang, archaic) To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.
• (UK, slang, obsolete, transitive) To drive (a hackney carriage).

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