peg
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Danh từ
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.
Hang your coat on the peg and come in.
- 3.
(figuratively)(figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
a peg to hang a claim upon
- 4.
(cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
- 5.
(finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
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(UK)A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
Đồng nghĩa: shot
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A place formally allotted for fishing
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(colloquial, dated)A leg or foot.
- 9.
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
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A step; a degree.
- 11.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of clothes peg.
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(journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To fasten using a peg.
Let's peg the rug to the floor.
- 2.
(transitive)To affix or pin.
I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board.
She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall.
- 3.
(transitive)To fix a value or price.
China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar.
- 4.
(transitive)To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
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(slang, transitive)To throw.
Đồng nghĩa: fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, fling, jerk, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shy, slight, skew, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing
- 6.
(transitive)(transitive, kickball) To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
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(slang, transitive)To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
He's been pegged as a suspect.
I pegged his weight at 165.
1997 page 84 of Patriot Gambit by Don Pendletone Bolan pegged his weight somewhere around 150 pounds. If he was armed, the weapon wasn't showing. Still, the Executioner would take no chances.
- 8.
(cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
She pegged twelve points.
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(slang, transitive)To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
We pegged the speedometer across the flats.
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(slang, transitive)To engage in anal sex by penetrating with a strap-on dildo.
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(intransitive)To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
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(archaic, slang)To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.
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From Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge (pin, peg), from *pigg-, *pegg-, from Proto-Germanic *pig-, *pag- (peg, stake), from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (club, pointed stick, peg). Cognate with dialectal peg (pin), pig, pigge (peg, stick with a point), pegel, pigg, pig spike, pigg spike, bac, baculum staff, bakstît to poke, βάκτρον. Related to beak.