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Synonyms for peg
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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pegverb

    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.)

    Synonyms:
    shotNoun

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. peg, nognoun

    a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

    Synonyms:
    nog, pegleg, leg, stick, oarlock, pin, rowlock, tholepin, wooden leg, thole

  2. peg, pinnoun

    small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

    Synonyms:
    oarlock, tholepin, wooden leg, pin, pin tumbler, nog, pivot, thole, leg, bowling pin, stick, pegleg, fall, personal identification number, flag, rowlock

  3. pin, peg, sticknoun

    informal terms for the leg

    "fever left him weak on his sticks"

    Synonyms:
    oarlock, reefer, tholepin, stick, pin, joystick, pin tumbler, nog, control stick, pivot, thole, joint, leg, bowling pin, pegleg, spliff, fall, personal identification number, marijuana cigarette, flag, wooden leg, rowlock

  4. peg, wooden leg, leg, peglegnoun

    a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

    Synonyms:
    branch, stage, nog, pegleg, leg, stick, oarlock, pin, ramification, rowlock, tholepin, wooden leg, thole

  5. pegnoun

    regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument

    Synonyms:
    nog, pegleg, leg, stick, oarlock, pin, rowlock, tholepin, wooden leg, thole

  6. peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlockverb

    a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

    Synonyms:
    oarlock, tholepin, wooden leg, pin, pin tumbler, nog, pivot, thole, leg, bowling pin, stick, pegleg, fall, personal identification number, flag, rowlock

  7. nail down, nail, pegverb

    succeed in obtaining a position

    "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

    Synonyms:
    peg down, sweep through, apprehend, pass with flying colors, collar, blast, nab, settle, breeze through, sail through, pin down, narrow down, specify, ace, finalise, nail, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, finalize, boom, arrest, cop, narrow, smash

  8. pegverb

    pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into

    Synonyms:
    nail down, nail, peg down

  9. peg, peg downverb

    fasten or secure with a wooden pin

    "peg a tent"

    Synonyms:
    nail down, pin down, peg down, narrow down, specify, narrow, nail

  10. pegverb

    stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations

    "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar"

    Synonyms:
    nail down, nail, peg down

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pegnoun

    Synonyms:
    pin, spilikin, pretext, support, reason, degree, step

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How to use peg in a sentence?

  1. Isaac Boltansky:

    The dial was turned one peg louder on the concentration issue.

  2. Sebastien Barbe:

    Pressure is building because of lower oil prices and a higher dollar. If oil prices continue to move lower and you have more questions raised about changing the peg, the spread will continue to widen.

  3. Steve Spangle:

    [ S ] he told me that Peg Romanik had gotten a call from a high-level political appointee within the Department of the Interior who informed Peg Romanik that our position out here, in Arizona, was not the position of the administration.

  4. Greg Medcraft:

    We don't regulate markets like we regulate banks, it is like creating a square peg for a round hole.

  5. Tatiana Orlova:

    They tried to switch to a floating foreign exchange regime and it hasn't worked, will they admit that the float has failed and go back to the peg? The main task ... will be to restore credibility of the central bank.


Translations for peg

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  • anklammern, klammern, Stift, schätzen, Holzdübel, Wäscheklammer, werfen, PflockGerman
  • tappi, naulaFinnish
  • mettre sur le dos, patère, cheviller, porte-manteau, cheville, fixer, épingler, cataloguer comme, lancer avec forceFrench
  • snagiIcelandic
  • attaccapanni, tassello, pioloItalian
  • titi, karatitiMāori
  • крючок, вешалка, колышекRussian
  • knarv, tappSwedish
  • atmak, tahmin etmek, asmak, tutturmak, ağaç çivi, mandal, pimTurkish
  • 衣夾Chinese

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