PEG

noun one of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.

2. peg ·noun a step; a degree; ·esp. in the slang phrase "to take one down peg.".

3. peg ·vt to score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.

4. peg ·noun one of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

5. peg ·add. ·noun a drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.

6. peg ·vi to work diligently, as one who pegs shoes;

— usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

7. peg ·vt to put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.

8. peg ·noun a small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, ·etc.; as, a shoe peg.

9. peg ·noun a wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, ·etc. hence, colloquially and figuratively: a support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.