Peg

  • 41peg — See: SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE, TAKE DOWN A PEG …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 42peg — 1) a swim for match fishing, i.e. a section of river, canal or lake bank is split evenly into sections for an angling contest with numbered pegs. Anglers pick a peg number at random and are only allowed to fish within the limits of the peg 2) to… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 43peg — (Subclass Branchiura): On last pair of thoracic appendages (fourth thoracopods) of male, peg like process of protopod. Fits into socket of third thoracopods in a peg and socket arrangement and serves to hold both thoracopods together during… …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 44peg — Synonyms and related words: amble, amount, anchor, articulate, baby tooth, barge, batten, batten down, beverage, bicuspid, bilge, bind, blain, bleb, blister, blob, bolt, boss, bow, bowl, bowl along, bridle, bubble, buckle, bucktooth, bulb, bulge …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 45peg — See: square peg in a round hole, take down a peg …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 46peg it — vb to die. The first version of the phrase is currently more fashionable than the ear lier peg out, which appeared in the USA in the mid 19th century, inspired by the use of pegs in the game of cribbage ( pegging out was finishing the game). The… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 47peg —    1. an intoxicating drink, usually of spirits    Anglo Indian use and a shortened form of chota peg:     We had our pegs on the verandah. (Fraser, 1977)    2. obsolete to drink intoxicants to excess    Not from peg1 but from the communal… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 48PEG —   Termine anglosassone acronimo di Price / Earning to growth. Il peg rappresenta il rapporto tra il price / earning e il tasso di sviluppo annuale previsto sugli utili di una società. Il PEG è stato introdotto specificamente per valutare le… …

    Glossario di economia e finanza

  • 49peg — 1. noun the joints are secured by pegs Syn: pin, nail, dowel, skewer, spike, rivet, brad, screw, bolt, hook, spigot; Mountaineering piton; Golf tee 2. verb 1) the tarp is pegged to the ground Syn …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 50peg — 1. noun a tent peg Syn: pin, nail, dowel 2. verb 1) the flysheet is pegged to the ground Syn: fix, pin, attach, fasten, secure 2) we decided to peg our prices …

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