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peg | veg |

As nouns the difference between peg and veg

is that peg is a cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects while veg is vegetable.

As verbs the difference between peg and veg

is that peg is to fasten using a peg while veg is to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest.

As a proper noun Peg

is a diminutive of the female given names Peggy and Margaret.

As an adjective veg is

vegetarian.

peg

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • Hang your coat on the peg and come in.
  • (figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.
    • a peg to hang a claim upon
  • (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.
  • *
  • A place formally allotted for fishing
  • (colloquial, dated) A leg or foot.
  • * 1913 , D.H. Lawrence,
    • "Now I'm cleaned up for thee: tha's no 'casions ter stir a peg all day, but sit and read thy books."
  • One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
  • * , Act 2, Scene I :
    • O, you are well tuned now!
    But I'll set down the pegs that make this music,
    As honest as I am.
  • A step; a degree.
  • * Barrow
    • to screw papal authority to the highest peg
  • * Hudibras
    • We still have worsted all your holy tricks; / Trepann'd your party with intrigue, / And took your grandees down a peg
  • (Short for) clothes peg.

    • Synonyms

    * (small quantity of strong liquor)

    Related terms

    * a square peg in a round hole * clothes peg * tent peg

    Verb

    (pegg)
  • To fasten using a .
    • Let's peg the rug to the floor.
  • To affix or pin.
    • I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board.
    She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall.
  • To fix a value or price.
    • China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar.
  • 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.)
    • He's been pegged as a suspect.
    I pegged his weight at 165.
  • (cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
    • She pegged twelve points.
  • (slang) To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge.
    • We pegged the speedometer across the flats.
  • (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 citation
    • , passage=When you're pegging him and he gets close to orgasm, you'll observe a number of physical signs

    Related terms

    * level pegging * peggable * pegging * pegged pants

    See also

    * wedge, compare Latin cuneus * cone, compare Latin conus * cunny, cunt, compare Latin cunnus * (cribbage ): muggins

    Anagrams

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    veg

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened form of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • vegetarian
  • * '>citation
    • The food's lip-smackingly good with some veg options, and there's a ham and eggs breakfast for 3KM.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (colloquial) vegetable.
  • * 2002 , Tom Grahn, "Food compositions and methods of preparing the same", US Patent 6814975 [http://www.google.com/patents?id=spsQAAAAEBAJ], page 5,
    • Secondary foodstuffs are exemplified by the following prepared dishes: vegetarian steaks, gratinated vegs , oven made lasagne, fish and ham with potatoes,
  • * '>citation
    • meals of meat and three veg were mostly the same three veg , beans peas potatoes, or peas carrots potatoes.
    Usage notes
    * In colloquial speech this is usually pluralized simply as "veg." * In writing this may or may not be followed by a period to mark it as an abbreviation.
    Synonyms
    * veggie
    Derived terms
    * meat and two veg

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (colloquial) to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest
    • After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.
  • * '>citation
    • And he just sits and vegges on the TV, munches nachos, whatever.
    Related terms
    * veg out

    Etymology 2

    Coined in a 1948 paper in the American Journal of Psychology by Robert S. Harper and S. S. Stevens. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9556(195304)66%3A2%3C304%3AANCTVS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (psychology) A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams.

    • Anagrams

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