Ankle vs Peg - What's the difference?
ankle | peg |
The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.
(US, slang) To walk.
* 2009 , Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice , Vintage 2010, p. 275:
(cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
Measurement between the pegs : after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its body to measure its body length.
A protrusion used to hang things on.
(figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
(cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
(finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold
(UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
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A place formally allotted for fishing
(colloquial, dated) A leg or foot.
* 1913 , D.H. Lawrence,
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
* , Act 2, Scene I :
A step; a degree.
* Barrow
* Hudibras
(Short for) clothes peg.
To fasten using a .
To affix or pin.
To fix a value or price.
To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
To throw.
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.)
(cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
(slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge.
(slang, typically in heterosexual contexts) To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a dildo
* {{quote-book, 2007, , The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Strap-On Sex, page=32
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As nouns the difference between ankle and peg
is that ankle is the skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint while peg is a cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.As verbs the difference between ankle and peg
is that ankle is to walk while peg is to fasten using a peg.As a proper noun Peg is
a diminutive of the female given names Peggy and Margaret.ankle
English
Alternative forms
* ancle (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* ankle-biter * ankle slapper * ankle walker * cankle * show ankleVerb
(ankl)- After a while he got up and ankled his way down the corridor and met Penny coming out of the toilet.
peg
English
Noun
(en noun)- Hang your coat on the peg and come in.
- a peg to hang a claim upon
- "Now I'm cleaned up for thee: tha's no 'casions ter stir a peg all day, but sit and read thy books."
- O, you are well tuned now!
- But I'll set down the pegs that make this music,
- As honest as I am.
- to screw papal authority to the highest peg
- We still have worsted all your holy tricks; / Trepann'd your party with intrigue, / And took your grandees down a peg
Synonyms
* (small quantity of strong liquor)Verb
(pegg)- Let's peg the rug to the floor.
- I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board.
- She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall.
- China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar.
- He's been pegged as a suspect.
- I pegged his weight at 165.
- She pegged twelve points.
- We pegged the speedometer across the flats.
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