peg

Definition:
1. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
2. Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
3. Informal terms of the leg.
4. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.

Use 'peg' in a sentence:

• 1. I nipped round the corner for a quick beer and nearly pegged out on the spot.
• 2. We thought it was time they were brought down a peg or two.
• 3. You can't fit a square peg in a circle box, right?
• 4. They pegged their tent down.
• 5. I used a sledgehammer to drive the pegs into the ground.
• 6. You may remember that peg was very controversial a few years ago.
• 7. We'd have liked to see her taken down a peg, but not this way.
• 8. Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves.
• 9. I thought the oldest were going to peg out.
• 10. The contestants were level pegging after round 3.
• 11. Second, Latvia could devalue and re-peg against the euro at a lower rate.
• 12. I took off my poncho, shook it out, and hung it on a peg by the door.
• 13. Taking Hamas down a peg is one thing.
• 14. She pegged down the stairs.
• 15. Companies with the highest PEG ratios also did well.
• 16. Yet abandoning the peg only adds to the pressure on the dollar.
• 17. In his dream, he saw that his sheepfold was destroyed, the shepherd disappeared, and his holy grail fell off the peg.
• 18. Instead of dining in top restaurants and wearing expensive suits, he likes to eat hamburgers and buys clothes off the peg.
• 19. Take your pick of news peg at Taiwan events in IFA 2012.
• 20. UK trading profits were pegged at £ 40 million.
• 21. She pegged him as a big spender.
• 22. Apple also wants to take HTC down a peg.
• 23. It's like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.
• 24. The underlying mismatch between any oil exporter and a dollar peg.
• 25. His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
• 26. The Gulf states need to get rid of their dollar peg now.
• 27. You go and show her a thing or two, bring her down a peg and see if she can still be so high and mighty.
• 28. He hung his hat on a peg and flung himself into his seat with business-like alacrity.
• 29. Hang your overcoat on the peg in the hall.
• 30. If the peg persists, such an option is worthless.
• 31. Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
• 32. He needed to be taken down a peg or two.
• 33. The travelers are trying to peg down their tents in the storm.
• 34. Soon there was no room to knock in another tent-peg.
• 35. Taylor is clearly the wrong man for the job — a square peg in a round hole.
• 36. The gain for a peg is promoting international trade and investment, etc.
• 37. But new research may take these cosmic colossuses down a peg or two.
• 38. Sam was left at the dinner table with Peg.
• 39. He buys his clothes off the peg.
• 40. For us, each memory peg is a distinctive feature of our memory Palace.
• 41. Bulgaria also has a euro peg.
• 42. Its currency is pegged to the dollar.
• 43. Loan repayments are pegged to your income.
• 44. Many carnivorous dinosaurs have ambiguous features, such as "peg-like" teeth at the front of the mouth, or no teeth at all.
• 45. To avoid damaging the tree, hammer a wooden peg into the hole.
• 46. She was busy pegging her tent to the ground.
• 47. In 1969, as the strains between America's budget deficit and the dollar's gold peg emerged, an artificial reserve asset was created.
• 48. The Mole's cap was missing from its accustomed peg.
• 49. The Bank wants to peg rates at 9%.
• 50. Each time we scored we were pegged back minutes later.
• 51. There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on.
• 52. All their wet clothes were pegged out on the line.
• 53. He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.