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Peg vs. Peck — What's the Difference?

Peg vs. Peck — What's the Difference?

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Peg

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

Peck

A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 dry gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. An imperial peck is equivalent to 9.09 liters and a US customary peck is equivalent to 8.81 liters.

Peg

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

Peck

To strike with the beak or a pointed instrument.

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.
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Peck

To make (a hole, for example) by striking repeatedly with the beak or a pointed instrument.

Peg

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

Peck

To grasp and pick up with the beak
The bird pecked insects from the log.

Peg

Chiefly British A drink of liquor.

Peck

(Informal) To kiss briefly and casually.

Peg

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

Peck

To make strokes with the beak or a pointed instrument.

Peg

(Informal) A leg, especially a wooden one.

Peck

To eat in small sparing bits; nibble
He pecked at his dinner.

Peg

To fasten or plug with a peg or pegs.

Peck

To make repeated criticisms; carp
Pecked at the kitchen staff.

Peg

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

Peck

A stroke or light blow with the beak or a pointed instrument.

Peg

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

Peck

A mark or hole made by such a stroke.

Peg

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

Peck

(Informal) A light quick kiss.

Peg

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

Peck

A unit of dry volume or capacity in the US Customary System equal to 8 quarts or approximately 537.6 cubic inches.

Peg

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

Peck

A unit of dry volume or capacity in the British Imperial System equal to 8 quarts or approximately 554.8 cubic inches.

Peg

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

Peck

A container holding or measuring a peck.

Peg

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

Peck

(Informal) A large quantity; a lot
A peck of troubles.

Peg

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

Peck

(ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
The birds pecked at their food.

Peg

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

Peck

(transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
To peck a hole in a tree

Peg

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

Peck

To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.

Peg

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

Peck

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.

Peg

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

Peck

To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.

Peg

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

Peck

To type by searching for each key individually.

Peg

A place formally allotted for fishing

Peck

(rare) To type in general.

Peg

A leg or foot.

Peck

To kiss briefly.

Peg

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

Peck

(regional) To throw.

Peg

A step; a degree.

Peck

To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

Peg

Ellipsis of clothes peg

Peck

An act of striking with a beak.

Peg

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

Peck

A small kiss.

Peg

A stump.

Peck

One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
They picked a peck of wheat.

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!

Peck

A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.

Peg

A serving of brandy and soda.

Peck

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

Peg

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

Peck

A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

Peg

A shilling.

Peck

A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.

Peg

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

Peck

To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.

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.

Peck

Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.

Peg

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

Peck

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; - often with up.
This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas.

Peg

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

Peck

To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.

Peg

To throw.

Peck

To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.

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.

Peck

To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
[The hen] went pecking by his side.

Peg

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

Peck

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
A batch of letters
A deal of trouble
A lot of money
He made a mint on the stock market
It must have cost plenty

Peg

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

Peck

A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

Peg

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

Peck

A United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

Peg

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

Peck

Hit lightly with a picking motion

Peg

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

Peck

Eat by pecking at, like a bird

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.

Peck

Kiss lightly

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.

Peck

Eat like a bird;
The anorexic girl just picks at her food

Peg

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

Peck

Bother persistently with trivial complaints;
She nags her husband all day long

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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