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Neg vs. Peg — What's the Difference?

Neg vs. Peg — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Neg and Peg

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Neg

(debating) negative

Peg

A small cylindrical or tapered pin, as of wood, used to fasten things or plug a hole.

Neg

(seduction community) An expression or implication that one has a negative value judgement of someone in order to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.

Peg

A similar pin forming a projection that may be used as a support or boundary marker.

Neg

HIV negative.
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Peg

(Music) One of the pins of a stringed instrument that are turned to tighten or slacken the strings so as to regulate their pitch.

Neg

To annoy or irritate deliberately. en

Peg

A degree or notch, as in estimation
Our opinion of him went up a few pegs after he did the dishes.

Neg

To express or imply a negative value judgement of someone to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.

Peg

Chiefly British A drink of liquor.

Neg

To leave negative feedback about (someone) in a reputation tracking system.
I negged the seller who didn't send me the widget I paid for.

Peg

(Baseball) A low and fast throw made to put a base runner out.

Peg

(Informal) A leg, especially a wooden one.

Peg

To fasten or plug with a peg or pegs.

Peg

To designate or mark by means of a peg or pegs.

Peg

To fix (a price) at a certain level or within a certain range.

Peg

(Informal) To classify; categorize
I pegged her as an opportunist. Why do you have me pegged as the rowdy one?.

Peg

To hit, especially with a thrown object or fired projectile
She pegged him on the head with a snowball.

Peg

To throw or fire (an object or projectile)
“How did you learn to peg a ball as straight as this?” (Zane Grey).

Peg

To work steadily; persist
Pegged away until our luck turned.

Peg

Wide at the top and narrowing toward the bottom
Peg jeans.
A peg skirt.

Peg

A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.

Peg

A protrusion used to hang things on.
Hang your coat on the peg and come in.

Peg

(figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
A peg to hang a claim upon

Peg

(cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.

Peg

(finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.

Peg

(UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.

Peg

A place formally allotted for fishing

Peg

A leg or foot.

Peg

One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

Peg

A step; a degree.

Peg

Ellipsis of clothes peg

Peg

(journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.

Peg

A stump.

Peg

(slang) The penetration of one's (male) partner in the anus using a dildo.
Get your strap-on out and give me a nice peg!

Peg

A serving of brandy and soda.

Peg

(India) A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.

Peg

A shilling.

Peg

(transitive) To fasten using a peg.
Let's peg the rug to the floor.

Peg

(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.

Peg

(transitive) To fix a value or price.
China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar.

Peg

(transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.

Peg

To throw.

Peg

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.

Peg

(cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
She pegged twelve points.

Peg

To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).
We pegged the speedometer across the flats.

Peg

To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo.

Peg

(intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.

Peg

To drink alcohol frequently, especially brandy and soda; to tipple.

Peg

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

Peg

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.

Peg

One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

Peg

One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.

Peg

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.

Peg

A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.
This over, the club will be visited for a "peg," Anglice drink.

Peg

A hard throw, especially one made to put out a baserunner; as, the peg to the plate went wild.

Peg

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.

Peg

To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.

Peg

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.

Peg

To throw (a ball); as, he pegged the runner out at second.

Peg

To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; - usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

Peg

A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

Peg

Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

Peg

Informal terms of the leg;
Fever left him weak on his sticks

Peg

A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

Peg

Regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument

Peg

A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

Peg

Succeed in obtaining a position;
He nailed down a spot at Harvard

Peg

Pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into into

Peg

Fasten or secure with a wooden pin;
Peg a tent

Peg

Stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations;
The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar

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