[peg] n [ME pegge, prob. fr. MD] (15c) 1 a: a small usu. cylindrical pointed or tapered piece (as of wood) used to pin down or fasten things or to fit into or close holes: pin, plug b Brit: clothespin c: a predetermined level at which something (as a price) is fixed
2. a: a projecting piece used as a support or boundary marker b: something (as a fact or opinion) used as a support, pretext, or reason 3 a: one of the movable wooden pegs set in the head of a stringed instrument (as a violin) that are turned to regulate the pitch of the strings--see violin illustration b: a step or degree esp. in estimation
4: a pointed prong or claw for catching or tearing
5. Brit: drink "poured himself out a stiff ~ --Dorothy Sayers"
6: something (as a leg) resembling a peg 7: throw; esp: a hard throw in baseball made in an attempt to put out a base runner
[2]peg vb pegged ; peg.ging vt (1543) 1 a: to put a peg into b Brit: to pin (laundry) on a clothesline
2: to attach or fix as if with a peg: as a: to pin down: restrict b: to fix or hold (as prices or wage increases) at a predetermined level or rate c: to place in a definite category: identify
3: to mark by pegs
4: throw ~ vi 1: to work steadily and diligently--often used with away
2: to move along vigorously or hastily: hustle [3]peg or pegged adj (1681): wide at the top and narrow at the bottom "~ pants"