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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 To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.]
peg
n 1: a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface [syn: nog]
2: small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or
define locations etc. [syn: pin]
3: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his
sticks" [syn: pin, stick]
4: a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg [syn: wooden leg,
leg, pegleg]
5: regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the
strings of a stringed instrument
6: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: pin,
thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock]
v 1: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at
Harvard" [syn: nail down, nail]
2: pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin
into into
3: fasten or secure with a wooden pin; "peg a tent" [syn: peg
down]
4: stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by
legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was
pegged to the US Dollar"
[also: pegging, pegged]