peg
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English & Middle Dutch pegge, probably cognate and rhymed with Middle English wegge.
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- Rhymes: -ɛɡ
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peg (plural pegs)
- A cylindrical wooden, metal etc. object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
- A protrusion used to hang things on.
- (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
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a protrusion used to hang things on
(cribbage)
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to peg (third-person singular simple present pegs, present participle pegging, simple past and past participle pegged)
- To fasten using a peg.
- Let's peg the rug to the floor.
- 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.
- To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- To throw.
- 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.
- (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored.
- (slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge.
- We pegged the speedometer across the flats.
- (slang, typically in heterosexual contexts) To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a dildo
- 2007, Violet Blue, The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Strap-On Sex[1], ISBN 157344278X, page 32:
- When you're pegging him and he gets close to orgasm, you'll observe a number of physical signs […]
- 2007, Violet Blue, The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Strap-On Sex[1], ISBN 157344278X, page 32:
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