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Peg Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface [syn: nog]
small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. [syn: pin]
informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" [syn: pin, stick]
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg [syn: wooden leg, leg, pegleg]
regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock] v
succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" [syn: nail down, nail]
pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into into
fasten or secure with a wooden pin; "peg a tent" [syn: peg down}]
stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar" [also: pegging, pegged]

Peg Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely. I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails. --Shak.
(Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.]

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