transcription, транскрипция: [ peg ]
( pegs, pegging, pegged)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A peg is a small hook or knob that is attached to a wall or door and is used for hanging things on.
His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
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2.
A peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use clothespin )
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3.
A peg is a small piece of wood or metal that is used for fastening something to something else.
He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.
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4.
If you peg something somewhere or peg it down , you fix it there with pegs.
...trying to peg a double sheet on a washing line on a blustery day...
Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves.
...a tent pegged to the ground nearby for the kids.
VERB : V n prep / adv , V n with adv , V-ed prep
5.
If a price or amount of something is pegged at a particular level, it is fixed at that level.
Its currency is pegged to the dollar...
UK trading profits were pegged at £40 million...
The Bank wants to peg rates at 9%.
...a pegged European currency.
VERB : be V-ed to n , be V-ed at n , V n at amount , V-ed
see also level-pegging
6.
Off-the-peg clothes are made in large numbers and sent to shops, not made specially for a particular person. ( BRIT; in AM, use off-the-rack )
...an off-the-peg two-piece suit...
≠ made-to-measure
PHRASE : PHR n , PHR after v