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.
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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.
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