Pegged vs Stood - What's the difference?
pegged | stood |
(peg)
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
, passage=When you're pegging him and he gets close to orgasm, you'll observe a number of physical signs
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As verbs the difference between pegged and stood
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Verb
(head)peg
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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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See also
* wedge, compare Latin cuneus * cone, compare Latin conus * cunny, cunt, compare Latin cunnus * (cribbage ): mugginsAnagrams
* ----stood
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Verb
(head)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.}}