āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
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āĻĒā§āĻ, āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¨
a small, cylindrical or tapered piece of wood or plastic that is used to fasten clothes to a clothesline
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āĻĒā§āĻ, āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻā§
a wooden, metal or plastic screw that is turned to regulate the strings of a musical instrument
03
āĻā§āĻāĻāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
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āĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āĻāĻŋāĻ
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
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āĻĒāĻž, āĻĒāĻžā§āĻž
informal terms for the leg
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āĻĒā§āĻ, āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨
a small marker or token used to keep score on a scoring board or define locations etc.
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āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒ, āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒ
(baseball) a quick, accurate throw to a base to get a runner out
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The third baseman 's quick peg to second resulted in a double play.
āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¸ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
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(Canada) a nickname for the city of Winnipeg
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She's moving to the Peg next month.
to peg
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āĻĒā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ
to secure by using a small, pointed wooden device
Transitive: to peg sth to a frame or support
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The gardener pegged the vines to a wooden trellis to help them grow upright.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ˛āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¸ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻšā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžā§āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§āĻž
to establish or set a specific price, rate, or amount for something
Transitive: to peg a price or rate at a specific level
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company chose to peg the interest rate on their loans at 3 % to attract more customers.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻ āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ° 3% āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to firmly secure or stabilize something in place using a pin
Transitive: to peg sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The decorator pegged the streamers along the wall for the party setup.
āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻ° āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻāĻĒā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
