peg

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

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. Source: opted

4. n. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board. Source: opted

5. n. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg." Source: opted

6. v. t. To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely. Source: opted

7. v. t. To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points. Source: opted

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

9. n. a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface Source: wordnet

10. n. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. Source: wordnet

11. n. informal terms for the leg Source: wordnet

12. n. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg Source: wordnet

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