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You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.
Cheryl Ladd

Meaning of "peg" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PEG

From Low Germanic pegge.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PEG

peg  [pɛɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peg is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb peg in English.

WHAT DOES PEG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

PEG

PEG or Peg may refer to: In devices: ▪ Clothes peg, a fastener used to hang up clothes for drying ▪ Tent peg, a spike driven into the ground for holding a tent to the ground ▪ Tuning peg, used to hold a string in the pegbox of a stringed instrument ▪ Piton, a metal spike that is driven into rock to aid climbing ▪ Foot peg, a place to put one's foot on a vehicle such as a motorcycle In science: ▪ Parsing expression grammar, a term in mathematics and computer science ▪ PCI Express Graphics, a port for computer graphics cards ▪ Peg, a measure used in preparing alcohol, from 1 to 2 fluid ounces ▪ Pegasus, or peg, a constellation named after Pegasus ▪ Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, a medical procedure ▪ Polyethylene glycol, a chemical polymer In recreation: ▪ Peg, a rule in the game of backyard cricket ▪ Peg, an area set aside for an angler ▪ Peg solitaire, a board game for one player ▪ PEG: Pinnacle...

Definition of peg in the English dictionary

The first definition of peg in the dictionary is a small cylindrical pin or dowel, sometimes slightly tapered, used to join two parts together. Other definition of peg is a pin pushed or driven into a surface: used to mark scores, define limits, support coats, etc. Peg is also Also called: clothes peg a split or hinged pin for fastening wet clothes to a line to dry US and Canadian equivalent: clothespin.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PEG

PRESENT

Present
I peg
you peg
he/she/it pegs
we peg
you peg
they peg
Present continuous
I am pegging
you are pegging
he/she/it is pegging
we are pegging
you are pegging
they are pegging
Present perfect
I have pegged
you have pegged
he/she/it has pegged
we have pegged
you have pegged
they have pegged
Present perfect continuous
I have been pegging
you have been pegging
he/she/it has been pegging
we have been pegging
you have been pegging
they have been pegging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pegged
you pegged
he/she/it pegged
we pegged
you pegged
they pegged
Past continuous
I was pegging
you were pegging
he/she/it was pegging
we were pegging
you were pegging
they were pegging
Past perfect
I had pegged
you had pegged
he/she/it had pegged
we had pegged
you had pegged
they had pegged
Past perfect continuous
I had been pegging
you had been pegging
he/she/it had been pegging
we had been pegging
you had been pegging
they had been pegging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will peg
you will peg
he/she/it will peg
we will peg
you will peg
they will peg
Future continuous
I will be pegging
you will be pegging
he/she/it will be pegging
we will be pegging
you will be pegging
they will be pegging
Future perfect
I will have pegged
you will have pegged
he/she/it will have pegged
we will have pegged
you will have pegged
they will have pegged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pegging
you will have been pegging
he/she/it will have been pegging
we will have been pegging
you will have been pegging
they will have been pegging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would peg
you would peg
he/she/it would peg
we would peg
you would peg
they would peg
Conditional continuous
I would be pegging
you would be pegging
he/she/it would be pegging
we would be pegging
you would be pegging
they would be pegging
Conditional perfect
I would have peg
you would have peg
he/she/it would have peg
we would have peg
you would have peg
they would have peg
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pegging
you would have been pegging
he/she/it would have been pegging
we would have been pegging
you would have been pegging
they would have been pegging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you peg
we let´s peg
you peg
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to peg
Past participle
pegged
Present Participle
pegging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEG

peewit
peg box
peg climbing
peg down
peg leg
peg out
peg pants
peg top
peg-top
Pegasi
Pegasus
pegboard
pegbox
pegged
pegging
peggy
peglegged
pegless
peglike
pegmatite

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEG

an arm and a leg
beg
blitzkrieg
bootleg
deg
eg
feg
Grieg
keg
leg
meg
nutmeg
off the peg
off-the-peg
powder keg
seg
teg
Tuareg
veg
Winnipeg

Synonyms and antonyms of peg in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PEG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «peg» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of peg
attach · control · dowel · fasten · fix · freeze · join · keep on · limit · persist · pin · rivet · secure · set · skewer · spigot · spike · work

Translation of «peg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEG

Find out the translation of peg to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of peg from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peg» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

销子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pinza
570 millions of speakers

English

peg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खूंटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وَتَدٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колышек
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prendedor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গোঁজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

patère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peg
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dübel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pancing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

móc treo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆப்பை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेंगुइन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kazık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

molletta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kołek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гачок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cuier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρεμάστρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pinne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nagle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEG»

The term «peg» is very widely used and occupies the 14.672 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «peg» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «peg» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peg

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10 QUOTES WITH «PEG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word peg.
1
Jamie Bamber
I love Prada shirts because they're so decorative and figure-hugging, but I also like Reiss shirts because they're clean, simple and look as if they've come off the peg from a design house.
2
Joe DiMaggio
You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'
3
Tamer Hassan
If you're going to buy a suit, don't buy one off the peg if you can afford not to. Go to a tailor, as I always do; find the style you like, and have it fitted to your shape.
4
Tom Heinsohn
My mother bought me a brand new suit for going away to college. We were poor, but she wanted me to have that. It was a powder blue suit with peg pants - you know, skinny at the bottom. I think I made quite an impression with that.
5
Jonah Hill
I've learned through experience of playing different characters, some of whom were jerks, that when you play a character who is pretentious or obnoxious, in any way, it's important to knock them down a peg.
6
Cheryl Ladd
You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.
7
Ray Liotta
You know, it was a small, independent movie and with Paramount becoming involved, it was obviously a good thing, but you can't put a round peg in a square hole.
8
Lindi Ortega
Certain social situations make me feel like a square peg in a round hole. Realising you can connect to the human race through song makes me feel less alien.
9
Christopher Poole
A journalist asked this to my father. He spent a day with me and interviewing my friends/colleagues and didn't understand how I could be the one that created 4chan and, as he put it, 'couldn't understand how to fit the square peg into a round hole.' The best way I have of describing it is, 'I didn't define it, and it doesn't define me.'
10
Mick Ralphs
That's me. I can be me a bit at home, but I'm kind of like a square peg in a round hole.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEG»

Discover the use of peg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Heckedy Peg
A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food.
Audrey Wood, 1992
2
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.
Peg Kehret, 1996
3
Escaping the Giant Wave
When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.
Peg Kehret, 2003
4
The Hideout
Trying to recover from the deaths of his parents, thirteen-year-old Jeremy Holland finds solitude in an abandoned cabin he finds in the woods, until he crosses paths with some ruthless bear poachers.
Peg Kehret, 2001
5
Demystifying Dissertation Writing: A Streamlined Process ...
Research shows that five strategies correlate with the successful completion of a dissertation: Establishing a consistent writing routine Working with a support group Consulting your advisor Understanding your committeeâ__s expectations ...
Peg Boyle Single, 2009
6
Runaway Twin
Thirteen-year-old Sunny runs away from her current foster parent in search of her twin sister, from whom she was separated ten years earlier.
Peg Kehret, 2009
7
Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Second ...
In a large-size format with convenient lay-flat binding, the book includes more than two dozen reproducible assessment tools, checklists, and planning sheets. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series.
Peg Dawson, Richard Guare, 2012
8
Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits
This practical manual presents an evidence-based coaching model for helping students whose academic performance is suffering due to deficits in executive skills, including time and task management, planning, organization, impulse control, ...
Peg Dawson, Richard Guare, 2012
9
Hannah Arendt and Human Rights: The Predicament of Common ...
"Peg Birmingham's reading of Arendt's work is absolutely unique.
Peg Birmingham, 2006
10
The I Hate to Cook Book: 50th Anniversary Edition
" - Peg Bracken Philosopher's Chowder. Skinny Meatloaf. Fat Man's Shrimp. Immediate Fudge Cake. These are just a few of the beloved recipes from Peg Bracken's classic I HATE TO COOK BOOK.
Peg Bracken, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peg is used in the context of the following news items.
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Delhi chills out with a Patiala peg
NEW DELHI: Beer sales have seen a dip this summer. As rain kept returning every now and then, tipplers seemed to have preferred whisky to ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
Review: La Peg
Chef Peter Woolsey has a tattoo on his arm that reads, “La Peg.'' The meaning is twofold. The first Peg is his French-born wife. The second is ... «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jul 15»
3
Children's Museum Houston
Peg + Cat sparks children's curiosity about math and helps them develop skills and strategies for solving problems creatively in their daily lives. «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
4
Sluggish markets peg Hong Kong stocks
Sluggish markets peg Hong Kong stocks. July 24 2015 at 10:33am. By Reuters Comment on this story. IOL pic july9 markets screen blur EPA A businessman ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
5
Public Service Enterprise Group Downgraded by Zacks (PEG)
Public Service Enterprise Group logo Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) was downgraded by Zacks from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
6
Dining Review: Pub Food Perfection at The Square Peg
I cringed when my editor told me this month's assignment would be The Square Peg in Warren. My wife and I discovered it last year and has ... «Providence Media, Jul 15»
7
CBN Tweaks Forex Peg Again as Naira Falls in Black Market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has adjusted its exchange rate peg to N197 against the dollar from the N196.95 it set last week, data on the ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
8
Middle Park pioneer 'Peg' Scholl passes away at 100
Ellen Nadene “Peg” Scholl, 100, passed away at Kremmling Memorial Hospital on July 13, 2015. She was born Jan. 18,1915, in Harvard, Neb. «Sky Hi Daily News, Jul 15»
9
Nigeria cbank tweaks FX peg again, naira falls in black market
LAGOS, July 23 Nigeria's central bank adjusted its exchange rate peg on Thursday to 197 naira against the dollar from the 196.95 it set last ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
10
China still wary of market forces 10 years after de-peg
What a long, strange trip it has been for the renminbi since the Chinese government ended the exchange rate's strict peg to the US dollar 10 ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»

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