peg
(verb) stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; “The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar”
peg, peg down
(verb) fasten or secure with a wooden pin; “peg a tent”
peg
(verb) pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pegging (countable and uncountable, plural peggings)
The act of fastening with a peg.
Pegs collectively.
The activity of artificial climbing on crags and in quarries outside the main mountain areas.
(sex) The act of anal penetration of a man by a woman wearing a strap-on dildo.
Determined perseverance in work; pegging away.
(dated) A thrashing.
pegging
present participle of peg
Source: Wiktionary
Peg"ging, n.
Definition: The act or process of fastening with pegs.
Peg, n. Etym: [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak.]
1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
2. 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.
3. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. Shak.
4. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
5. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg." To screw papal authority to the highest peg. Barrow. And took your grandess down a peg. Hudibras. Peg ladder, a ladder with but one standard, into which cross pieces are inserted.
– Peg tankard, an ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as divide the liquor into equal portions. "Drink down to your peg." Longfellow.
– Peg tooth. See Fleam tooth under Fleam.
– Peg top, a boy's top which is spun by throwing it.
– Screw peg, a small screw without a head, for fastening soles.
Peg, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pegged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pegging.]
1. 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 oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails. Shak.
2. (Cribbage)
Definition: To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.]
Peg, v. i.
Definition: To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
