Pee vs Peg - What's the difference?
pee | peg |
(euphemistic, often, childish) urine
(intransitive, colloquial, often, childish) To urinate.
(colloquial) To drizzle.
(British, colloquial) Pence; penny (a quantity of money)
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 pee and peg
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English
Etymology 1
Spelling of the initial letter of (piss). Compare (eff).Noun
(-)Synonyms
* See alsoCoordinate terms
* pooVerb
- It's peeing with rain.
Synonyms
* (standard terms) make water, pass water, urinate, micturate * (euphemistic terms) wee, wee-wee * (vulgar slang terms) piss * See alsoCoordinate terms
* pooEtymology 2
See also
*Derived terms
* peejaysEtymology 3
Spelling of the initial letter of (pence).Noun
(pee)- I bought these carrots for fifty pee .
- I can't afford that — I'm one pee short.
Synonyms
* (plural) p, pence * (singular) p, pennyEtymology 4
See peak.Etymology 5
Alternative forms
* peaAnagrams
* ----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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