What is "peg"

Peg \Peg\, v. i. To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

Peg \Peg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pegged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pegging.]

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

   I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails.
   --Shak.

2. (Cribbage) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. [Colloq.]

Peg \Peg\, n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak.]

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

2. 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.

3. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
   --Shak.

4. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.

5. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase ``To take one down peg.''

   To screw papal authority to the highest peg.
   --Barrow.

   And took your grandess down a peg.
   --Hudibras.

6. A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water. [India]

   This over, the club will be visted for a ``peg,'' Anglice drink.
   --Harper's Mag.

7. (Baseball) a hard throw, especially one made to put out a baserunner.

   Peg ladder, a ladder with but one standard, into which cross pieces are inserted.

   Peg tankard, an ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as divide the liquor into equal portions. ``Drink down to your peg.''
   --Longfellow.

   Peg tooth. See Fleam tooth under Fleam.

   Peg top, a boy's top which is spun by throwing it.

   Screw peg, a small screw without a head, for fastening soles.

mid-15c., from Middle Dutch pegge "peg," a common Low German word (Low German pigge "peg," German Pegel "gauge rod, watermark," Middle Dutch pegel "little knob used as a mark," Dutch peil "gauge, watermark, standard"), of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *bak- "staff used as support" (see bacillus). To be a square peg in a round hole "be inappropriate for one's situation" is attested from 1836; to take someone down a peg is from 1580s, but the original literal sense is uncertain (most of the likely candidates are not attested until centuries later). Peg leg "wooden leg" attested from 1765.

"fasten with or as if on a peg," 1590s, from peg (n.). Slang sense of "identify, classify" first recorded 1920. Related: Pegged; pegging.\n

n. 1 A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects. 2 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. 3 A protrusion used to hang things on. 4 (context figurative English) A support; a reason; a pretext. 5 (context cribbage English) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score. 6 (context finance English) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold 7 (context UK English) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage. 8 A place formally allotted for fishing 9 (context colloquial dated English) A leg or foot. 10 One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. 11 A step; a degree. 12 (non-gloss definition: Short for) clothes peg. vb. 1 To fasten using a peg#Noun. 2 To affix or pin. 3 To fix a value or price. 4 To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape. 5 To throw. 6 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.) 7 (context cribbage English) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg. 8 (context slang English) To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge. 9 (context slang typically in heterosexual contexts English) To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a dildo

1. v. succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" [syn: nail down, nail]

2. pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into into

3. fasten or secure with a wooden pin; "peg a tent" [syn: peg down]

4. stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar"

5. [also: pegging, pegged]

1. n. a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface [syn: nog]

2. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. [syn: pin]

3. informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" [syn: pin, stick]

4. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg [syn: wooden leg, leg, pegleg]

5. regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument

6. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock]

7. [also: pegging, pegged]

PEG or peg may refer to:

"Peg" is a song by American rock group Steely Dan, first released on the band's 1977 album titled Aja. The track was released as single in 1977 and reached number 11 on the US Billboard chart in 1978 and number eight on the Cash Box chart. In Canada, "Peg" spent three weeks at number seven during March 1978.

The song's guitar solo was attempted by seven top studio session guitarists ‒ including Robben Ford and recurring guitarist Larry Carlton (who wrote Room 335 because of the solo played by Graydon)‒ before Jay Graydon's version became the "keeper". He worked on the song for about six hours before the band was satisfied.

Michael McDonald can be heard providing multi-tracked backup vocals in the choruses, and keyboardist Paul Griffin can also be heard improvising background vocals in the final chorus and fadeout.

"Peg" was heavily sampled on the 1989 De La Soul song, " Eye Know". In 2007, the song was covered by Nerina Pallot.

A peg is a unit of volume for measuring liquor in India and Nepal. The terms "large peg" and "small peg" are used, equal to 60 mL and 30 mL, respectively, with "peg" simply referring to a small peg. In India liquor's alcohol content is fixed at 42.8% ABV, it follows that a peg of liquor contains 25.68 mL of pure alcohol, or 20.26 g.