A peg is a small stick or pin. People use it to hold things tightly or hang things like clothes.
Use a peg to hang your coat on the wall.
She put pegs on the clothesline for drying.
This peg is a stick with a head. People push it into the ground to keep tents or ropes from moving.
We put pegs in the ground to hold the tent tight.
The wind blew hard and pulled out the tent pegs.
In shoe making, pegs are small sticks used to hold parts of the shoe together instead of nails or glue.
The cobbler fixed the shoe using small wooden pegs.
Some shoes have pegs instead of nails under the sole.
To peg means to put a peg or similar object into something. This stops it from moving or holds it tightly.
He pegged the tent firmly to the ground.
They pegged the clothes outside to dry.
In money and banking, to peg means to keep a currency at a fixed value compared to another currency or thing, like gold.
The country pegged its currency to the US dollar.
The government pegged the exchange rate to gold.
A peg can be a point or mark used to compare or measure something. It helps people see where things should be.
We set a peg on the chart to show progress.
The peg on the board marks the target score.
On some musical instruments, pegs are devices to change the string's tightness. This changes the sound or pitch of the string.
Turn the peg to tighten the guitar string.
The violinist adjusted the tuning pegs before playing.
To peg someone means to think about or call them a certain type or person because of what they do or how they act.
She was pegged as a talented artist by her teacher.
People often peg him as shy, but he is not.
