Peg
noun
A small wooden, plastic, or metal piece used to hold things together or to hang things on.
She hung her coat on the peg in the hallway.
Often appears as...
- hang something on a peg
- put up a peg
verb
To fix or hold something at a certain level or value.
They pegged the exchange rate to the dollar.
Often appears as...
- peg the exchange rate
- peg prices
noun
A pointer on an instrument that shows a measure or value.
The peg on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.
Often appears as...
- peg on a gauge
- peg pointed to
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To throw something in a specific direction.
He pegged his shoes into the corner of the room.
Often appears as...
- peg something at
- peg into the corner
Usage tips
Informal
noun
An opportunity or a reason for doing something.
His new book gives a peg for a wider discussion on the topic.
Often appears as...
- give a peg
- peg for discussion
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A small wooden, plastic, or metal piece used to hold things together or to hang things on.
She hung her coat on the peg in the hallway.
Often appears as...
- hang something on a peg
- put up a peg
verb
To fix or hold something at a certain level or value.
They pegged the exchange rate to the dollar.
Often appears as...
- peg the exchange rate
- peg prices
noun
A pointer on an instrument that shows a measure or value.
The peg on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.
Often appears as...
- peg on a gauge
- peg pointed to
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To throw something in a specific direction.
He pegged his shoes into the corner of the room.
Often appears as...
- peg something at
- peg into the corner
Usage tips
Informal
noun
An opportunity or a reason for doing something.
His new book gives a peg for a wider discussion on the topic.
Often appears as...
- give a peg
- peg for discussion
Usage tips
Informal
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Pro Tip 1/2Material Matters
Pegs can be made of different materials which might be relevant to the context.
The wooden pegs held the shelf together.
Pro Tip 2/2Hanging Items
Pegs are often used in homes or schools for hanging items like clothes.
She put her hat on the peg at school.
Pro Tip 1/2Material Matters
Pegs can be made of different materials which might be relevant to the context.
The wooden pegs held the shelf together.
Pro Tip 2/2Hanging Items
Pegs are often used in homes or schools for hanging items like clothes.
She put her hat on the peg at school.
Pro Tip 1/2Material Matters
Pegs can be made of different materials which might be relevant to the context.
The wooden pegs held the shelf together.
Pro Tip 2/2Hanging Items
Pegs are often used in homes or schools for hanging items like clothes.
She put her hat on the peg at school.
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How to get everyone to...
and then they say health, and then the environment comes level pegging with crime and the economy. Rather than constantly trying to put environment at the top of the list, we need to show how delivering a green economy will improve our health and our well-being and our quality of life, how it will deliver better jobs, a better economy,
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A kinder, gentler...
and indeed start caring so much about material goods. You know, we're often told that we live in very materialistic times, that we're all greedy people. I don't think we are particularly materialistic. I think we live in a society which has simply pegged certain emotional rewards
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Can we edit memories? PIPE...
and their emotional and motivational significance. What do I mean by that? Well, think of a cue like the smell of baking bread, or a more abstract cue like a 20-pound note. Because these cues have been pegged with good things in the past, we like them and we approach them.
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Empower locals to...
under threats like many other parts in the world and one of the ways in which we can help address this threat is the established marine protected area in raja ampat it would consist of zones load peg films that are allocated for
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Older people are happier...
we're living so if you ever feel like you don't have this aging thing quite pegged don't kick yourself it's it's brand-new and because fertility rates fell across that very same period that life expectancy was going up that
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Kitra Cahana: My father,...
to rekindle life force, to sit still long enough with himself so as to fall in love with the full continuum of creation. Today, my father is no longer locked in. He moves his neck with ease, has had his feeding peg removed,
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How to Fix a Leaky...
The wood for the keel is heavy, to keep the boat centered. The woods used for the sides are light and buoyant to help it float. Only an ax is used to shape each part, and wooden pegs hold the whole thing together.
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Laura Carstensen: Older...
So if you ever feel like you don't have this aging thing quite pegged, don't kick yourself. It's brand new. And because fertility rates fell across that very same period that life expectancy was going up,
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Gyre: Creating Art From...
think that synergy is what's the driving engine behind this project well I'm pegged with the the title project leader I feel now I'm just a facilitator helping create the stage for
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Tagging the Largest...
you don't see anything pegging shocks can often be extremely difficult what we were lucky to find was a whale shark that was about the perfect
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How to get everyone to...
and then they say health, and then the environment comes level pegging with crime and the economy. Rather than constantly trying to put environment at the top of the list, we need to show how delivering a green economy will improve our health and our well-being and our quality of life, how it will deliver better jobs, a better economy,
Video examples
A kinder, gentler...
and indeed start caring so much about material goods. You know, we're often told that we live in very materialistic times, that we're all greedy people. I don't think we are particularly materialistic. I think we live in a society which has simply pegged certain emotional rewards
Video examples
Can we edit memories? PIPE...
and their emotional and motivational significance. What do I mean by that? Well, think of a cue like the smell of baking bread, or a more abstract cue like a 20-pound note. Because these cues have been pegged with good things in the past, we like them and we approach them.
Video examples
Empower locals to...
under threats like many other parts in the world and one of the ways in which we can help address this threat is the established marine protected area in raja ampat it would consist of zones load peg films that are allocated for
Video examples
Older people are happier...
we're living so if you ever feel like you don't have this aging thing quite pegged don't kick yourself it's it's brand-new and because fertility rates fell across that very same period that life expectancy was going up that
Video examples
Kitra Cahana: My father,...
to rekindle life force, to sit still long enough with himself so as to fall in love with the full continuum of creation. Today, my father is no longer locked in. He moves his neck with ease, has had his feeding peg removed,
Video examples
How to Fix a Leaky...
The wood for the keel is heavy, to keep the boat centered. The woods used for the sides are light and buoyant to help it float. Only an ax is used to shape each part, and wooden pegs hold the whole thing together.
Video examples
Laura Carstensen: Older...
So if you ever feel like you don't have this aging thing quite pegged, don't kick yourself. It's brand new. And because fertility rates fell across that very same period that life expectancy was going up,
Video examples
Gyre: Creating Art From...
think that synergy is what's the driving engine behind this project well I'm pegged with the the title project leader I feel now I'm just a facilitator helping create the stage for
Video examples
Tagging the Largest...
you don't see anything pegging shocks can often be extremely difficult what we were lucky to find was a whale shark that was about the perfect
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Stephen Hillenburg
American Actor
I drew these natural sponges for a while and gave them googly eyes, and it didn't come together until I drew a sink sponge one day. I thought, 'This is the guy.' He's the square peg, literally, in this world of animals.
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D. B. Sweeney
American Actor
When you're 47 years old and playing at a world-class level in the fastest sport, and you have zero percent body fat, you need to be brought down a peg as often as possible.
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Kate Upton
American Model
So if I get pegged as a bikini girl, that's fine, and that can still translate into acting or other areas. But, no, I don't wanna be doing bikini shoots my whole life.
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Meghan Daum
American Author
Being taken down a few pegs is humbling. Knowing that life is not easy or fair is humbling. Receiving a great honor - well, that would be called an honor.
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Chris Sacca
American Businessman
The only way I know to be awesome at startups is to be obsessively focused and pegged to the floor of the deep end, gasping for air.
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Max Keiser
American Journalist
China became the second biggest economy in the world by pegging their currency to the dollar at an artificially cheap rate.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.
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Brenda Ueland
American Writer
Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.
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Grace Poe
Filipino Businesswoman
I am quite uncomfortable using legislation to peg the minimum wage.
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P. T. Barnum
American Entertainer
Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.
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Stephen Hillenburg
American Actor
I drew these natural sponges for a while and gave them googly eyes, and it didn't come together until I drew a sink sponge one day. I thought, 'This is the guy.' He's the square peg, literally, in this world of animals.
Quote examples
D. B. Sweeney
American Actor
When you're 47 years old and playing at a world-class level in the fastest sport, and you have zero percent body fat, you need to be brought down a peg as often as possible.
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Kate Upton
American Model
So if I get pegged as a bikini girl, that's fine, and that can still translate into acting or other areas. But, no, I don't wanna be doing bikini shoots my whole life.
Quote examples
Meghan Daum
American Author
Being taken down a few pegs is humbling. Knowing that life is not easy or fair is humbling. Receiving a great honor - well, that would be called an honor.
Quote examples
Chris Sacca
American Businessman
The only way I know to be awesome at startups is to be obsessively focused and pegged to the floor of the deep end, gasping for air.
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Max Keiser
American Journalist
China became the second biggest economy in the world by pegging their currency to the dollar at an artificially cheap rate.
Quote examples
Abraham Lincoln
American President
I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.
Quote examples
Brenda Ueland
American Writer
Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.
Quote examples
Grace Poe
Filipino Businesswoman
I am quite uncomfortable using legislation to peg the minimum wage.
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P. T. Barnum
American Entertainer
Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.
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