Markingnoun
The action of the verb to mark.
Pegnoun
A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
Markingnoun
A mark.
Pegnoun
Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its body to measure its body length.
Markingnoun
The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
Pegnoun
A protrusion used to hang things on.
‘Hang your coat on the peg and come in.’;
Markingnoun
(graph theory) Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.
Pegnoun
(figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
‘a peg to hang a claim upon’;
Markingnoun
The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the marking of a bird's plumage.
Pegnoun
(cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
Markingnoun
a distinguishing symbol;
‘the owner's mark was on all the sheep’;
Pegnoun
(finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold
Markingnoun
a pattern of marks
Pegnoun
(UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
Markingnoun
evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score;
‘what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do’;
Pegnoun
A place formally allotted for fishing
Markingnoun
the act of making a visible mark on a surface
Pegnoun
A leg or foot.
Pegnoun
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
Pegnoun
A step; a degree.
Pegnoun
Short for clothes peg.
Pegnoun
(journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
Pegnoun
A stump.
Pegverb
(transitive) To fasten using a peg.
‘Let's peg the rug to the floor.’;
Pegverb
(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.’;
Pegverb
(transitive) To fix a value or price.
‘China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar.’;
Pegverb
(transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
Pegverb
To throw.
Pegverb
To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.)
‘He's been pegged as a suspect.’; ‘I pegged his weight at 165.’;
Pegverb
(cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
‘She pegged twelve points.’;
Pegverb
To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
‘We pegged the speedometer across the flats.’;
Pegverb
To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo.
Pegverb
(intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.
Pegnoun
A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
Pegnoun
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.
Pegnoun
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
Pegnoun
One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
Pegnoun
A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down a peg."
‘To screw papal authority to the highest peg.’; ‘And took your grandees down a peg.’;
Pegnoun
A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.
‘This over, the club will be visited for a "peg," Anglice drink.’;
Pegnoun
a hard throw, especially one made to put out a baserunner; as, the peg to the plate went wild.
Pegverb
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 oakAnd peg thee in his knotty entrails.’;
Pegverb
To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
Pegverb
To identify; to recognize; as, she pegged him as a good carpenter; he was pegged as a blowhard as soon as he started speaking; he was pegged as a exceptional player even in high school.
Pegverb
To throw (a ball); as, he pegged the runner out at second.
Pegverb
To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; - usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
Pegnoun
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
Pegnoun
small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
Pegnoun
informal terms of the leg;
‘fever left him weak on his sticks’;
Pegnoun
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
Pegnoun
regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
Pegnoun
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
Pegverb
succeed in obtaining a position;
‘He nailed down a spot at Harvard’;
Pegverb
pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into into
Pegverb
fasten or secure with a wooden pin;
‘peg a tent’;
Pegverb
stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations;
‘The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar’;
